OUGD601: Practical - My Input (5)

Adding More Borders

Below I've played around with more borders:






I was not sure how to end the corner of the leaf pieces, so tried a few ideas:



I settled with a simple connecter: 



To create symmetry, I worked on a quarter to the tile at a time: 






An inverted option too: 


From the above form, I managed to create quite a detailed divider: 



A more geometric pattern:







I used the previous flower to create another pattern: 



I felt the below design was too light, so the corner pieces had their size reduced...





                                                                                                                                                              

 Adding Currency Symbols

Marsi had already added a pound symbol, but I wanted to ensure the font could be used globally, so other symbols were added. 

A Yen sign was easy to create:



The Euro sign is a C with added bars, and a decreased overall width. The stem was thickened to compensate for this reduction. 


A dollar sign was added, with sharp ends to the stem, to give some character seen in the exclamation mark and question mark. 



A Baht sign was composed of a B, with the dollar sign's added stem: 



The Peso symbol used the same bars as the pound sign, but higher. 


A Kip was also added, as a modification of a K:


A cent sign was added as a reduced c, with extra stem width to compensate: 


A currency symbol: 


                                                                                                                                                              

More Mathematic Symbols

I added more mathematic symbols so that the maths set could be used more. 










                                                                                                                                                              

Ampersand

I began by attempting to create an ornate ampersand. 



After lots of adjusting, I felt this did not work and was too top heavy. 


I reduced the serif, and felt this option is much more successful, something I am really proud of. 







Monday, 12 January 2015 by Unknown
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OUGD601: Practical - Specimen Content & Layout


Layout Influences (as annotated in a previous blog post)



What Needs To Be Included

Here is a list of the font's features that need to be included in the specimen:


- An explanation of the typeface / accreditation to those involved
- Basic Latin Characters 
- Extended Latin Characters
- Alterate Characters
- Numerals
- Currency
- Tabular & Lining Numerals
- Fractions
- Signage 
- Ligatures
- Ornaments, dividers & borders

- It is important to not just show the characters, but also show them in context. 

Page Titles (In Order)

Front Cover
Title Page
Contents

01. Introduction
02. Basic Latin - Character Set
03. Basic Latin - Usage
04. Extended Latin - Character Set
05. Extended Latin - Usage
06. Numerals - Tabular and Lining - Character Set
07. Numerals - Tabular and Lining - Usage
08. Numerals - Fractions - Character Set
09. Numerals - Fractions - Usage 
10. Currency / Maths Symbols - Character Set
11. Currency / Maths Symbols - Usage
12. Punctuation - Character Set
13. Punctuation - Usage
14. Ligatures - Character Set
15. Ligatures - Usage
16. Signage - Character Set
17. Signage - Usage
18. Alternate Characters - Character Set
19. Alternate Characters - Usage
20. Ornaments - Character Set
21. Ornaments - Usage
22. Dividers - Character Set
23. Dividers - Usage
24. Borders - Character Set
25. Borders - Usage

Inside of Back Cover
Back Cover


Layout Scamps
Below are some layout scamps for each double page spread. I feel these will all work well, as after researching into old specimens, it's key that information is laid out in a concise, repeated manner, so the layout of each page is not too different. 

Creating scamps helped me visualise the pages better, as well as working out how many pages the specimen will be. 


















































Saturday, 10 January 2015 by Unknown
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