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Monday, April 06, 2009

Have you ever wondered what fonts would "look" like if they were people?

Over the past couple of weeks I've been studying fonts in my art class. One of my classmates posted a humorous video with some shocking revelations! Click this - Fonts Personified My favorite is Baskerville Old Face, although French Italic is pretty funny too.
And here's a peek at the "Periodic Table of TypeFaces" (click it for a larger view) Our first exercise leading up to our last major project was "Word Play". The choices were: migration, compression, addition and transition.

2 comments:

  1. I love your piece on the words.
    I've often wondered about those names. Kinda like paint color labels. :)Bea dog-in-the-hole-studio.blogspot.com//

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