P2 Final

Out of order but its all here.

[P2]: 5

This is my type face specimen so far. I will possibly make some changes based on the feedback I get, but so far I am fairly happy with how it turned out. It is close to what I was expecting. 

[P2]: 4

My typeface is called Pipeline. I got the inspiration from playing Mario Kart and then going to do this homework, using the green pipes commonly found in Mario games as inspiration for this typeface. Pipeline is a heavy font, with think lines making up the letters. There are very few sharp points throughout this typeface, as it is made to resemble the curving of pipes. The ends of the letters are shaped like the ends of the green pipes in the Mario games. 

Keywords describing this typeface are pixels, mechanical, and direction. 

Pixels - This typeface could be found in a game, as it looks like it is part of an 8-bit game with the pixel-like edges of rounded letters. 

Mechanical - These letters look like pipes, having a sort of function for movements within each letter. 

Direction - Because this typeface is based on pipes, it has a feel of movement within each letter. There is a place to enter on the ends and then you can follow the path of the letter around the form to either another "exit" or around in a circle to come back to the place you entered. 

[P2]: 3 Pipeline

[P2]: Progress

This is the sample text from fontstruct. My font still needs adjustments, but it is getting there.

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Fontstruct exploration fonts

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Garamond

Garamond was created by Claude Garamond in the sixteenth century. He based his romans on types by Francesco Griffo. He later refined his work and added his own concepts to create his own style. After Claude Garamond’s death, his type made its way to Christoph Plantin and still exist in the Plantin-Moretus Museum today. The French printer Jean Jannon created a specimen of typefaces that had similar characteristics to the Garamond types. Jannon’s work disappeared and was rediscovered around 200 years later and was then wrongly attributed to Garamond. The Garamond typeface has variations in stroke width, resembling handwriting. It is a serif font, and extenders from letters have a downward slope.

Keywords: Legible, Organic, Classic

Serifa

Serifa is a font designed by Adrian Frutiger. Frutiger is a type designer from Switzerland. Frutiger has designed many type styles and fonts, such as Univers, that are widely used today.  It is a slab serif font based on Univers. Slab serif fonts are fonts that contain think, block-like serifs. Serifa is geometric, making it more structured than other curvy type designs. Since Serifa has a geometric structure, it works well with large font sizes. 

Keywords: Slab-serif, Geometric, Thick

Platelet

Platelet is a font type that got its inspiration from a California licence plate. It was designed by Conor Mangat. Mangat is a designer that was born in London and moved to southern California for a design program. Platelet has a fanciful design, making it more difficult to use in normal texts, however this different design allows it to be used in various other situations, such as licence plates. Platelets letter forms are thick and curvy, making them legible from a distance. Some of the letters have unique characteristics, such as the lowercase "b". The "b" has the form of and uppercase "B" in the lowercase character. 

Keywords: Round, Curves, Thick