Despite the disappointing turn out of only three people, I feel I have been prompted in the right direction to further develop my Slab Serif idea...
// John, lecturer at LCA has advised to recompose some individual letter forms with the necessity of kerning in mind. He spotted that the shape of my Q would offset the kerning when written in a sentence, especially in relation to the U which is commonly used next to it.
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| The red asterix* signifies where there is too much negative space. When the other letters are in sequence tightly kerned (as intended), this will stick out like a sore thumb. |
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| When experimenting with 'Q' sentences, it is evident the Q needs to have a descender rather than maintaining a consistent X-Height/ Point of Size. From putting this together I feel experimenting with the width bottom of the 'U' would also give a tighter consistent form. |
// In relation to another persons work, John also mentioned how ligatures can be really effective within signage and typeface creation. As the purpose of my typeface is to be used at a large scale, possibly for a poster, masthead or even film cover, I will experiment with ligatures further if time is on my side.
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| Innovative Serif ligature by Simon Lai, see more at: http://www.simonlaidesign.com/ligature.html |
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