Typeface Design

by Tyler Thom

Typography I: Visible Language for Publications and Media

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Becca Gurney

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Spring 2014

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Foundation

Create a prototype for a bitmap font by designing letters on a grid of squares. Substitute the curves and diagonals of the traditional letterforms with rectilinear elements. Avoid making detail “staircases” which are just curves and diagonals in disguise.