Font Creation Assignment 10 (DDSGN 220)

This assignment called for the creation of a font set. . . well the capital letters of a font set.  The process in and of itself was not too difficult, however, I found it a little more difficult to decide what type of font to make. There are a lot of poor capital letters that were thrown away before I finally decided to just capture a version of my own handwriting. This turned out to be a little more difficult than I thought it would be - first of all it is NOT the same as writing on a piece of paper, even using a tablet and pen instead of a mouse, it still was a totally different feel (probably because I have not been using the pen and tablet for very long). I was 'trying' to capture my capital letters, the ones I make on a daily basis when I am using pen and paper. 

The technical skills used for this project would have to be the brush tool in Illustrator and the copy and paste functions of the various programs (there was a lot of copying and pasting) (a lot!).
I also was introduced to the font creation program 'Font Creator 4'. I feel I barely touched the surface in the font creation program, but I understand the basic principles. I should also mention the pen and tablet (see above) and my attempts to use it as I would a piece of paper -- I need some more practice.

How do I feel I did? Well, I think I did ok. My handwriting is something I've always paid close attention to - I've found myself re-writing my notes because I did not like how they looked - thus I think it would take me many, many hours to duplicate my best handwriting as a font. As soon as all of my homework is done, the lawn is mowed, my house cleaned and the other projects I've promised to do for friends/family is finished I want to try again, try to create a font or fonts as I think this could be a fun way to spend my time. 

Since we are on assignment 10 I thought I would refresh your memory (for those of you who are not in the class with me); this blog is a part of each homework assignment. We are to answer 3 questions each time: What were you trying to accomplish? What technical skills did you use to create the project? How do you feel you did?

Until next time. . .