Create a prototype for a bitmap typeface by designing letters
on a grid of squares or a grid of dots. Substitute the curves and
diagonals of traditional letterforms with gridded and rectilinear
elements. Avoid making detailed “staircases,” which are just
curves and diagonals in disguise.
This exercise looks back to the 1910s and 1920s, when avant-garde designers made experimental typefaces out of simple geometric parts. The project also speaks to the structure of digital technologies, from cash register receipts and LED signs to on-screen font display, showing that a typeface is a system of elements.
Create an Adobe Illustrator document and call it lastname-first- name-letterforms. Use Adobe Illustrator guidelines to help assist you with designing the letterforms.
Create at LEAST 10 letters starting with “A.”
Bonus: Write your name using the letterforms that you have constructed on a separate document for extra credit.
This exercise looks back to the 1910s and 1920s, when avant-garde designers made experimental typefaces out of simple geometric parts. The project also speaks to the structure of digital technologies, from cash register receipts and LED signs to on-screen font display, showing that a typeface is a system of elements.
Create an Adobe Illustrator document and call it lastname-first- name-letterforms. Use Adobe Illustrator guidelines to help assist you with designing the letterforms.
Create at LEAST 10 letters starting with “A.”
Bonus: Write your name using the letterforms that you have constructed on a separate document for extra credit.
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