Semi-Formal

Though not complete, is is my first usable font, since it's upper and lowercase, popular punctuation, and most of the French and Spanish accents. I see it as a very neat version of my hand-writing. It was inspired by Optima and Gabriola (for if I needed a second reference, or if I didn't like what Optima had, like the numbers). My goal was to create a compressed version of Optima except with embellishments and super high ascenders and cap-heights (I've got a thing for short x-heights). 

This was a very satisfying project, and we even got to make use of our new 3D printer at the school! Again, if you'd like to see my process, I've included a video.

The Social Grid

My first actual font, which was based on one of Joshua Davis' social grids. Thankfully I only had to do the uppercase letters on this one.

Tidbit: It really is true; once you design HOMRA, the rest is easy sailing…that is until X or Z!!

Dingbats

These are a couple dingbat fonts I created using TypeTool. Since we'd just gotten introduced to TypeTool, our assignment was to just do the numbers. I had a couple of ideas, and since creating dingbats are really easy and fun, I decided to do both. I've been doing work for Siba Style for a while now, and we've done quite a few App games. In some of the trivia games, we have unlockables, where if you complete certain requirements you can unlock an image. For my first font, I used some of these unlockable portraits. For my second font, I used the App icons that I did for him (I mean they're square! How perfect is that?)

Bobo: Profile of a Working Dog

For this project, I decided to create a booklet with my dog, Bobo as the subject. I've categorized a few of his many occupations and used him and his relevant surroundings as materials for creating the letters. Bobo is a good dog that will (generally) do what he's told—at least with the right motivation. Unfortunately, having his picture taken is a dreadful chore for him and he didn't find get excited until I was done photographing him and moved onto the objects (ex: his leash). It was very, very labor-intensive, but lots of fun too. I've added a video of my process if you're interested!

Jack and the Beanstalk

Another 24hr After Effects exercise, this one focusing on type. I completely forgot how long the story was, so I watered it down a lot. Thanks to my Mom for the audio. Her narrative was added last, so we had to do a lot of retakes. I had a couple technical problems I wasn't able to figure out, but overall, I like it.

The Death of Free Thought

I had a lot of ideas for this one—probably because I watch too many crime shows. The most time-consuming part for me for this project was definitely making the newspaper and table, followed closely by my choosing of deceased free thinkers.

Obsessed With Speed

Another typesetting exercise I had lots of fun with.

As a side note I'd like to add that this semester I had Kim Dalrymple. I loved Andrea Emery as a type teacher, and she really drilled us as to the correct rules. It's thanks to her that I'm now extra picky with adding ellipses and em and en dashes in everything I write, and I love it. Having Kim was a whole different dynamic that allowed us to grow in a different direction. While it was still most assuredly a type class, she really encouraged self-direction, and letting us play around. That being said, I love that we had Andrea first to lay down the foundation, and Kim after so we could play have the freedom to play within the rules that we learned.

Fonts used: Franklin (sans serif), Garamond (serif),

Trendsetter: Cell Phone Etiquette

Spread for the fictional Trendsetter Magazine. For some reason the colours look way, way brighter than the original, though I'm not sure if it's my file or the website. It might be a temporary problem, but it still does look kind of cool with the brighter colours.

Fonts used: Blackout (display), and Cronos (sans serif).

Ransom Collage

This was a 2-part project. The first week, was focused on designing the text, and the second week was focused on the collage. I remember feeling very stressed over this project. Although I have nothing against collage, cutting and pasting things that are more or less random is very difficult for me. I decided to ditch randomness and design my collage completely around part one of my design. I gotta say it was much, much easier once I decided to take that approach and did up a bunch of rough proposals. The result is probably the cleanest collage ever, and I'm pretty sure mine was the only one that was in greyscale. Still, I'm happy with it, and the style is very me (I've learned I absolutely love to embrace white space).

Fonts used: Futura (sans serif) and Brioso (serif)

Bridgehead

A typography exercise. Very hard, but satisfying to fit everything in neat sections.

Grimm

I had to illustrate a Grimm story typographically. Though I chose to go with The Turnip, I had fun coming up with rough proposals for a few more Grimm stories

D is for Dog

I had to redesign a really bad book cover, and this is what I came up with. The only limitation is that the title had to be hand-done, so I photographed my dog's leash.

Expressing the Unspoken

This was the first of many spreads I designed for Typography class. Thankfully I was able to use a photograph I'd previously taken from my photography class.

Shuriken Boy Poster

A poster on the typeface, Shuriken Boy.

Thanks to my teacher, Andrea Emery’s direction, I was given the idea to have a shuriken slice through the title, thus illustrating the action of the weapon. The triangular slice is doubly appropriate since the whole point of the font is to create text, using shapes to cut through shapes.

Typeface

A self-portrait for typography class. We had to use characters to create the entire portrait! Of course, no distortion to the font was allowed. I think the hardest part for me was finding a picture. In case you don't already know, I'm not fond of having my picture taken. The only reason why I have so many self-portraits is that I'm a convenient subject. In this case, a self-portrait was a requirement.

Notre-Dame Dropcap

If you haven't already noticed, semester 1 at Algonquin loves to assign hand-done projects. That being said, I had to choose a blackletter or civilité-style font, re-draw it on an illustration board, and illustrate a dropcap. I've gotta say I'm SO thankful to my visual dynamics teacher for giving us a lesson on making tracing paper that very week—seeing as how I couldn't use trusty old Light Table. I chose 1742 French Civilité, since it looks deliciously raw and organic. Since it's a French style, I decided I had to quote something with a French reference, hence Victor Hugo's Hunchback of Notre-Dame.