The 27th Letter 22:342: Studio Problems in Cutler-Lake

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DJ Richmond Peter Herr

Tim Wozniczka

Crystal Dziadosz Objective Process The purpose of this assignment is to 1. Choose one of the following 7. Submit PDFs of a) 300 pt. U&lc, develop a more acute understanding : Adobe Garamond Pro, b) 60 pt. alphabet, and c) 14 pt. of and appreciation for the intricacies Clarendon, Bodoni, or Didot. Use to drop box on due date that make up a . roman, medium, or book weight. listed in schedule. That’s three unique documents. No need to print. Assignment 2. Use your tracing paper and black Peter Herr 300pt Create an upper- and lowercase 27th pen/Sharpie to trace parts of letters 27Th Letter letter of the western alphabet. Create from the type specimen sheets, Type Spring 2011 a name for the letter, a place in the provided. Combine these parts to existing alphabet. You will focus on create new letterforms. You should the stress, stroke, and of each have 15 to 20 unique invented individual letter, all of which contribute letterforms. to the overall look, personality, and readability of the typeface. 3. Move to the computer, and produce Anne Kopacz best 2 or three at a point size of 300. Though it can be exotic, your 27th Related Terms letter should fit in nicely with the 4. Narrow choices down to one with arm inverted existing alphabet. And it needs to be help from class. Create both upper- ascender ligatures practical. Give special consideration and lowercase versions at 300 points. octothorp to the effects of sizing—will delicate axis arms & crossbars dissapear at 8 pt.? 5. Place your letter within the alphabet bar square serif — baseline Think about reproducing your letter both cases, as shown. This should bowl shoulder quickly using handwriting. Is it too be done at 60 point. braces spur elaborate to write quickly? Above all cap height stem else, the original 26 have stood the 6. Come up with a short paragraph, stress test of time due to their usability. using the new letter at least five times. counter stroke swash This should be set at 14 point. descender tail ear terminal fist *Project adapted from Type Rules, by Ilene Strizver (Wiley: 2006) fleuron