This week you\u2019re going to design a word. Pick a word and make a typeface around it. The important thing is that you draw the letters using some kind of rule-based logic. Look at the examples I showed in class, and try to come up with your own typeface system – even if it\u2019s very simple. Your goal is to convince me that you can make a typeface that is better constructed in code than in Illustrator.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So I started thinking about what I wanted to design and decided that I needed more constraints. I chose to make my font using negative space – designing around<\/em> the letters instead of designing them. I took the visual of an audio equalizer as a loose inspiration.<\/p>\n I chose the word “FUTURE” to design since I wanted my type to look modern, clean and, well, futuristic. <\/p>\n I started creating my system of letters. Each letter consists of 3 columns and each column consists of between 2 and 4 bars to create the negative outline. I then drop these into a vector with a column of space after each one.<\/p>\n At this point, it looked like something I could have very easily done in Illustrator. It just looked like a kinda-crappy pixel font. But since I had set up the letter system to be dynamic, I was able to play with the weight of the letter, the height, spacing and angle of each column. I liked that I was able to adjust the properties easily.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.audio-production-tips.com\/image-files\/audio-eq.jpg\")
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