Letterforms
As a personal experiment, I’ve taken a stab at creating Roman letters by hand. I’m kind of sucked into this sort of thing easily, and typically to no benefit, but this time I think I’ve really come to understand something about type that I didn’t know before. There’s a certain sensitivity that is gained for certain characteristics of the letterform. What makes a serif, how the proportions matter, etc…
Hopefully, I’ll have something more intelligent to write about this soon.
For now, here are some sketches.
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Nicely done. Are you referencing Durer’s letterforms by chance or are you going back further toward Trajan’s column? I like how you drew the letterforms and then added color. It sets them off nicely from the penciled notes.
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