My text is from a CNN article about Elon Musk and his privatizing of rockets and building it into an industry since NASA stopped the production of space shuttles. Elon musk is an engineer and has created Tesla, electric cars. He is very technological and intrigued by space.
I decided to make an alphabet with inspiration from BattleStar Galactica text I saw. My text is about Space and technology so I wanted a text to somewhat resemble the futuristic and space feel.
alphabet design by Evan Matthews
Some rules I had for when designing some of the letters were:
– The letters must have serifs
-Letters must have a space (white line) throughout the letter except on letters with descenders/ascenders that will only have the space through the descender/ascender.
-Letters without descender and ascender must have an “opening” much like how the “o” where the letter does not connect.
– Have also decided after posting this that would like the letters to have a more square feeling so the curve in the p would be more similar to that of the o, same with goes for the h.
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Evan: This is a good start. Refine your rules so they are concrete for Tuesday. I suggest using one or two specific visual references as you try to create letters that have the appropriate technological, futuristic feel. Rather than using another typeface, such as the one from BattleStar Galactica, I would advise using different outer space imagery (equipment, etc.) to avoid the temptation to copy elements from another type design. Visual notions of “the future” have been around for a long time, and you need to decide if you are thinking about a more dated notion (what you might call a retro-space visual notion) or a more contemporary idea that speaks to current technological advances. Considering your text, I assume you are considering the latter. Also, make sure you choose an excerpt from your text, as the full text you brought in was quite long.
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