Alphabet
Typefaces
1. Any Material
2. New Helvetica Neue
The goals for this project were to create 2 alphabets of typefaces using unique materials, methods, and processes. The completed alphabets would then be featured on 2 18x24” type speciman posters
1. Any Material, Method, and Process
For this typeface we had free reign and were allowed to use an materials, use any method, and any process that we wanted to use to create the typeface.
2. New Helvetica Neue
For this typeface we were tasked to create a new “weight” for Helvetica Neue that wasnt simply just bold, italic, extended, or condensed. We were free to use any materials, as long as we used Helvetica Neue as a base.
Any Material
For this typeface I decided to use clear push pins and black thread and created the letters using a sort of string art technique. To start the process, I would draw out the letters and then I would push the pins on the outline and then start wrapping the thread around the push pins, making sure to overlap the string as much as possible to fill in the outline so that the shape of the letter would show. After words I put the pictures into Illustrator and image traced them, makeing the heavy dark parts in the pictures appear bigger and darker while still showing a good amount of the individual threads.
Final Poster
For the final poster I decided to give the typeface the name, “All Webbed Up”. I chose this name due to the simularity the overlapped thread of the letterforms has with a spiderweb.
New Helvetica Neue
Helvetica Neue painted onto sugar glass and then cracked.
The Process
For this typeface, I cooked sugar glass and then put printed out stencils of the Helvetica Neue letter forms onto the cooled sugar glass, painted over it and then used a hammer to slightly crack the sugar glass to have some small cracks go through the letter forms
Final Poster
For the final poster I decided to name the typeface “Hard Crack Helvetica”. I decided on this name because “ hard crack” is the name of the stage when the sugar glass is cooking and reaches the temperature where it will be very brittle when it cools.