Font Design

Task: Create a font or part of a font that somehow reflects part of your identity.

Specifications:

1. Your font needs to relate to an aspect of your identity

2. Your font needs to have at least as many characters as your full name (first and last name)

3. You have to consider the kerning and leading of your font

4. Your font needs to be legible – but it can contain extra “characters:

Things to think about - How will it be used?

Is it be used for a project or personal use only?

Will it be a serif, a san-serif, script or headline font?

Will it be based on a writing implement or be more geometric?

Will your design be a text face, comfortable at small sizes and suitable for long documents, or will it be a display face with an imaginative style, that works better a larger size?

Is there a problem you might solve? How might your typeface fit into a landscape alongside similar designs? What makes it unique?

Design Process:

Step 1: Brainstorm / Mindmap

Step 2: Draw out your fonts individual letters (starting with your name) using a pen, marker or pencil (remember the each device looks/feels different). If you choose you can also use a graphic software to outline your font or draw directly using birdfont

Step 3: Using the Birdfont Software digitize and construct your font

Step 4. Export your font as a TTF file and start using it!