Cantara Ali: Week 10 (4/6)

This is the title design for the chapbook, The Body of Space in the Shape of the Human by Andrew Allport. It is a collection of poems covering the connections between people and physical space. The typeface is sans serif and geometric. The "i" and the "h" in the second line of the title have been elongated to box off the words "of space". I think the concept, but I think there must be a better way to execute it. The background competes with what could be a very simple, but effective type design. In the future, keeping in mind the graphic weight of all the elements of the design will serve me well.

Cantara Ali: Week 9

This is the novel Amnesia by Peter Carey, the cover was designed by Alex Kirby. The typeface is a very thin and light sans serif, with the author attribute in all-caps Garamond. The book's main themes focus on looking to the past at Australia and the U.S's political clashes in the late 20th century. The title alludes to how Australia promptly forgot the good the U.S had done their country in the past because of the U.S's transgressions. The type design is highly concept driven, the repeating letter forms remind the viewer of the nature of amnesia. The author's name fits neatly into the design without competing with anything else. I hope to make type designs that make such a strong connection in the future.

robert johnson 4-6

For this weeks post I have selected a book written by a friend of mine, C. Robert Cargill. This book is a fantasy novel involving fairies, demons, and mages. The topic of the book is important when looking at the typography because as you can see in the title, the fanciful scrollwork of this clearly custom type face lends an air of fantasy that meshes well with the subject matter. Of course the larger font places the title highest in the book heirarchy as well. The authors name is written in a similar yet more down to earth sans serif font in all caps, with a very high x-height, judging from the crossbars. This meshes well with the title font, while still allowing it to hold less weight than the title.
I have become fond of the idea of custom made fonts, as I expect to work in a field with a wide assortment of design jobs, and by using this book as an inspiration I can see how a true custom font can really tie a subject to its first impression.

Madison Hanlon

Blog 9:

I found this picture on Pinterest. I was immediately attracted to it because this is what I am doing for my project three in class. For my title I sketched out a type that I wanted to use then I used an exacto knife to cut out the lettering. I then used the open spaces as a background filler, plugging in different background images inorder to see which I wanted to use. I am currently using the texture of lipstick kisses. I feel like this is a fun and active way to use type. I love hands on projects, so if I can incorporate it into my work I will... as long as I have enough time to do it.

Danika_Calligraphy like you've never seen before!

This week I decided to focus on a video instead of an image, I love watching the smoothness of a pen gliding over an object. this is a wonderful form of art and a great example of Typography, and how it can entrance the viewers world wide.

HEY! Been tryin' to meet you....

For this week I decided to abandon digital typography representations and cruise towards an analog specimen. He's a favorite poster of mine, displaying all awesome things hand-written.
This poster helps my design skills because it reminds me that there is a value to the hand-created aesthetic. The number of people who can create pieces in a digital world are a dime a dozen; those who can create without the help of computers, programs, etc are becoming few & far between (remember this next time your class does thumbs or roughs.....).

I also appreciate this analog type because it is representative of old school concert posters (i.e. Fillmore posters). During this time frame, amazing promotional pieces were created by hand.