The type I did before doesn't seem appropriate for the type of imagery I now have. I need a much more delicate type. Looking at illustrations of Quentin Blake and Nick Sharrat they've both used hand written type. I also had a flick through a book dedicated to type for illustration, the majority of which is hand written. I don't want the type to look as though I have faked a child's handwriting because I've seen that done so many times and I don't really like it. Instead I concentrated really hard on writing, but tried writing it upside down. So it add's that inexperience of writing but also the effort put into making it right. I think the type face I've chosen balances that quite successfully.
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
The type I did before doesn't seem appropriate for the type of imagery I now have. I need a much more delicate type. Looking at illustrations of Quentin Blake and Nick Sharrat they've both used hand written type. I also had a flick through a book dedicated to type for illustration, the majority of which is hand written. I don't want the type to look as though I have faked a child's handwriting because I've seen that done so many times and I don't really like it. Instead I concentrated really hard on writing, but tried writing it upside down. So it add's that inexperience of writing but also the effort put into making it right. I think the type face I've chosen balances that quite successfully.
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