Type Transcription Final & Development

During the previous session, I created my final type face. I am completely happy with it as it reflects what I want it to - letterforms are simple. And that is all that they need to be. During the final session with John I scanned my work onto the computer so that I could work with it on illustrator. By doing this it shows that I have developed my work.

The inspiration from this type face has come from research on DaFont.com, I have used this website a number of times and I have found a number of different fonts which I think are incredibly interesting. My favourite section is the hand written section, which is where I came across the typeface "Vendetta, by Alif Devan R." it is obviously a handwritten font, which uses flowing connectors and forms in order to produce a type face which is a treat for the eyes. I have used this typeface a number of times in my own work and I wanted to create something which was similar but not too similar.

This is the original scanned image of my work, as you can see the scanner hasn't really picked up on the grey areas of the image, therefore when I work into it on Illustrator I will have to take this into consideration.

When I put the image onto Illustrator, I used a setting which made every letter individual images, therefore it enabled me to edit and change each one very slightly so that there were no rough edges. This also didn't pick up on the grey areas, therefore meaning that I will have to put in the coloured areas myself.

 Below, is my final edited version of my typeface, I have used the colour purple, in order to make sure that the areas I want to be coloured are visible. By using a brightly coloured section it also makes it much easier for me to change it again if I wanted too. I am incredibly happy with the outcome that I have produced, although it is rough and very simplistic, it used shadows and bright colours to make it more complex and interesting to look at.

In order to develop my work, I have decided to produce a blackboard wall, which will advertise a number of different events which will be happening at The Corner, which is located in the middle of Huddersfield town. I currently work there so this was extremely easy to access and to do.

Firstly I planned out what was going to go on the wall, and what information was required for me to advertise. I also decided that the shadows on the letters would be extremely difficult for me to achieve with chalk, as it is quite difficult to work with in the first place, so they were scrapped, this also made it much easier for me to actually produce the piece.

I decided to split the board up into three sections - a section for each piece of information i had decided to use. I also wanted the logo to be visible on the board, and i planned to put half of the logo at either end of the board. I also decided to put lines in between each section of information, so that it is clearly visible to the audience which pieces are which. I also used different colours in order to link pieces of information together, and to be in-keeping with the typeface which I have previously designed.

This is my final design, myself and my manager are extremely happy with my final outcome, as it meets all of the requirements which were set out in the first place. This also demonstrates my type face being used in a real life situation, and it shows how well it works as it is clear and easy to read, along with being visually interesting at the same time.