Typography Workshop with John (Workshop 3)

In my workshop with John it was all about refining. However I had to make the big decision as to which typography I would continue to pursue. In my previous workshops, I designed the following:

Here I have a range of three different typography designs. The first one is more geometrical and fluid at the same time yet follows the structure of my inspiration throughout. The second one also links back to the inspiration however I am unsure on some of the letters for example the C. Finally the last one hasn't followed any inspiration and instead was my own type that I wanted to try. I do like it however their was no process or stages for this one.
I decided to refine the first one as I have seen it develop thoughout. I developed this on graph paper, below shows the outcome:

I choose to have some letters slightly thicker than others for example the M & N is thicker than U and V as I know this is a more used letter and I wanted it to be more dominant. I like the idea of the arrows and I like the sense of navigation and movement within the text.

Conclusion

I have really enjoyed creating my own typography up to now but I have found this quite challenging in some areas. I struggled when it came to getting the letters to become the same width and height. It was also really hard to position the arrow in the right place to keep the alphabet looking like one typography. In my own time I am thinking of working on a more simpler typography so I can focus on perfecting the width and the height before moving to something more advance.

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