Typography for print

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Name of the font:

The Process:

1. Create Type Specimen Sheet

2. Pick 3 Fonts

The Process:

3. Pick font to modify [Electra]

4. Overlap the 3 fonts and take note of the differences to-wards the Electra font.

5. Using lined paper draw out the exsisting font and try to add small changes to combine that attributes of the other two fonts. (Pencil, Artline 200 fine 0.4, ruler & eraser).

6. In the editting process using Illustrator once a change is make to one letter use the same (shape, curve and thick-ness throughout).

Electra Type Specimen Sheet:

ELECTRA

HEADING ABC

HEADING ABC

HEADING ABC

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Electra designed in 1935 by William Addison Dwiggins. Design intent: “...I’d like to make it warm, so full of blood and personality that it would jump at you.“

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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

REGULAR REGULAR REGULAR REGULAR REGULAR REGULAR

WEIGHT: REGULAR, ITALIC, BOLD, BOLD ITALIC | 36 PT

LEGIBILITY TEST

TYPE PUNCUATION & LIGATURES

WEIGHT: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 PT

WEIGHT: 56, 45, 34, 24, 20, 16, 14 PT

WEIGHT: REGULAR, ITALIC, BOLD, BOLD ITALIC | 36 PT

WEIGHT: REGULAR, ITALIC, BOLD, BOLD ITALIC | 13 PT

WEIGHT: BOLD | 76 PT

Pink = Original Typeface Black = Altered Typeface

The New & Old:

Adaline Type Specimen Sheet:

ADALINE

HEADING ABC

HEADING ABC

HEADING ABC

HEADING ABC 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A B C D E FG H I J K LM NO P Q RS T U V W XY Z

A B C D E FG H I J K LM NO P Q RS T U V W XY Z

A B C D E FG H I J K LM NO P Q RS T U V W XY Z

A B C D E FG H I J K LM NO P Q RS T U V W XY Z

Adaline is an elegant font that is named after the 2015 film The Age of Adaline. Similar to the movie it is inspired through time and is be eligable and engaging.

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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

REGULAR REGULAR REGULAR REGULAR REGULAR

REGULAR

WEIGHT: REGULAR, ITALIC, BOLD, BOLD ITALIC | 36 PT

LEGIBILITY TEST

TYPE PUNCUATION

WEIGHT: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 PT

WEIGHT: 56, 45, 34, 24, 20, 16, 14 PT

WEIGHT: REGULAR, ITALIC, BOLD, BOLD ITALIC | 36 PT

WEIGHT: REGULAR, ITALIC, BOLD, BOLD ITALIC | 13 PT

WEIGHT: BOLD | 76 PT

Kerning the Typeface:

Issues & Solutions:

Issue: Disconnected points & not to proportions.

Solution: All anchor points are connected, place letter on the base line and pull the guide to the letter.

Issue: Importing letters without scaling it correctly.

Solution: Check ai. file and proceed to place in Typetool.

Issue: Continuing with major errors without checking.

Solution: Check guide lines in both Typetook & ai. file, make sure to scale correctly.

Example of Adaline:

This is Adaline in lowercase letters.

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Sneak Peak Book Concept:

• Typography factual Information

• Experimention with scale and interesting type layout

• Classic yet stylish flare