Monday, May 10, 2010

Inspiration

Once this project was assigned, I went on google and began looking at different typefaces. This one website was especially helpful. It showed all this classic fonts and then some new ones. This helped me get thinking about my own. Here's the website. Check it out!
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/08/80-beautiful-fonts-typefaces-for-professional-design/

Process


When it came time to create a typeface, I thought back to when I used to use this funny way of writing to just scribble notes when I was bored. I decided it would be fun to make that into a typeface. It's extra sloppy and scratchy so I call it chicken scratch. Here it is.