2/15/11

Personal Font

When I developed my font I based it on two criteria: 1) I wanted it to be mine, so I decided my handwriting would be a good way to manifest that.  2) I wanted it to display how I perceive myself, which I have always been an active person.




The problems I experienced though was that I have terrible handwriting, so I didn't necessarily achieve the second criteria because no matter how hard I tried I wasn't successful with every character.  Having said that though, I wanted a font that I knew was mine and could be distinguished by me and I wanted it to show action.  I chose not to use serifs because that's how I write, not because there is any underlying meaning.

I think my font would fall under the umbrella of transitional style.  Modern style focuses on verticality and my font has very little of that if none at all, while humanist style focuses much more on the thickness/thinness of the lines and that didn't come into play when I developed the font.

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