Hey guys, took a long break from my previous design
"Dawson Grotesque" To play around and experiment. I am really starting to see all the things I was doing wrong and am happy to be learning more and more every day ! You guys know how that goes
Check out my fun experiment, I have seen a few
"stencil types" that use the
modern/didone look, some work, some are bad — I wanted to try it out !
This is not a body copy typeface, nor is it very LEGIBLE, but it is beautiful, and unique.
lots of .noglyph because I have't done punctuation. — ignore it !
Comments
The name Marleen might be problematic, since there's already a popular typeface called Marlene.
Quick things: I'm not convinced by the /R, and the /Q's right sidebearing seems to be off.
About uniqueness... I think it needs more work before you can call it that. Maybe some investigation into the serifs?
Lower l, what were you thinking ? It's hard because I can't just have a stroke it need some to have some kind of serif, and it's a bar so perhaps just a bit of a weight adjustment will make it better
Agree with the weight of diagonals, they are a little thick in comparison, just needs a touch of tightening.
G not necessary, it makes it look too out of place. I'll give it a second go but likely will not work with the composition.
Bowls/ I think it's because the tip where the curve ends is too out of place. It looks like it should end closer to the inside of the bowls, I'll play with that.
Uniqieness. What would you suggest ? I already have a mix bag of didone/transitional, I don't think I can make the serif any more unique at such a drastic contrast without them looking out of place.
Thanks guys !
Thanks !
The leg width in /R is uneven. The shape of the right spline could follow that of the left spline more closely.
Starting to get there ! ..... What do you guys think ?
And you should really check every letter for consistency. Here I see again that you have the cap-style serif on /u.
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There's also a bit of a disbalance between the almost-whiteness of some letters (like /e) and the almost-blackness of others (like /n). I'd suggest changing the latter to match the former rather than the other way around.
I'd try moving the root of /Q's tail a bit further down to avoid the close collision there.
These /m /n look cute but Christian is right: There is little consistency in how much of the bowls in different letters is visible. Compare /P and /R.