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Revivial

Typeface Revival: the art of taking a classic and modernizing it for the digital era. Similar to the remastering of movie classics, where light, color, sound, and lost scenes are digitally restored, classic typefaces are often remastered to make them more relevant today. 

Read: Why are tech companies making custom typefaces?


OBJECTIVES
Create an original set of letters uppercase or lowercase, create numbers (and some punctuation) based on an example of letters you have found.  

Understand the rationale, need, pros, and cons behind creating a revival
Expand your drawing skills in Glyphs
Explore how to draw numbers, (maybe: @ ? ! &) to match your revival
Continue to practice the principles of spacing

CALENDAR

Introduction: Thursday, Feb 5


Watch Paul Barns
Watch Hoefler Co



The Past is the Present with Paul Barnes ( watch)
For over a decade Commercial Type have been designing and releasing contemporary typefaces; from modern classics like Graphik, Druk, Publico, and Guardian to more experimental faces like Orientation and Styrene. Some of them like Lyon and Portrait have been informed and inspired by the past, but not dominated by it. At the same time, they have been searching through the vast archive that is St Bride Library, looking for hidden gems; designs long forgotten and no longer available. Rather than being modern interpretations where the designer leaves an obvious mark, they are careful reconstructions, made not for yesterday, but for today’s users. https://commercialclassics.com

Watch one of these...
The Past is the Present with Paul Barnes ( watch)
Hoefler Co, Orator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUJJpAjt0uY
Netflix: Abstract Jonathan Hoefler, Typeface Design 
 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8kgp1c

Click on the readings at the top of the page. Read at least 2 articles and include summary/thoughts in your presentation.

Look through the links/ source material above. Capture (collect) as you go... finding options for what you want to revive *make sure you can get back to the source. You can create a revival that is very similar to the source with just a few updates or you can use what you found as a jumping-off point for your own forms. Choose 3 options.

Revival specs:
letters need to be well designed with attention to proportion and consistency. You will be responsible for sketching, refining, and putting into glyphs the letters all of the  lowercase or uppercase + numbers (optional: ? ! @ &)

There are a number of pdfs for you to refer to when looking for a revival. You can also use flikr or any resource really to find a set of letters you would like to revive. Pull the image. Make sure you keep track of where you found them.

Tuesday all CAPS are due and we will go to the Spencer Research.

Thursday, Feb 13 present a pdf

Prepare a pdf presentation to share with the class on Feb 13. Your research on the Revival includes any thoughts, facts, and summary from the readings.

Have at least 3 options that you want to revive, and of course, you can have a favorite.
Things to include...
Show us an image.
Where is it from?
Why does it interest you/ why do you want to revive it?
What do you like about it?
What do you think you would alter or change? 

If your specimen looks like this



Alter it in photoshop so all your letters are the same size. Determine your stroke widths and stick with with them. Don’t rely on the image to be exact.





Thursday, Feb 12



Present Your capitals and Revival Research pdf.  Put a copy of your Revival Research your folder on the Google Drive.

HOMEWORK

Start sketching your revival by hand or directly into Glyphs. Pick any 6 letters to sketch. TRY a few sketches to get one you like for some of the letters. Choose wisely, eventually you have to figure out HANDGLOVESMURF or HAMBERGERFONS or handglovesmurf or hamburgerfons.

For the final of this Revivial project you will have created all 26 letters all lowercase or all 26 uppercase, plus numbers and some key punctuation. Project starts like we have with lowercase or uppercase 6 letters nclodp or HOANDE, then move to a set then work on the full alphabet. We are breaking it down into sets of glyphs.

Tuesday, Feb 17

You should have started some letters over the weekend. Work day in the lab. 


HOMEWORK



Complete a first draft of HANDGLOVESMURF or HAMBERGERFONS or handglovesmurf or hamburgerfons in Glyphs.
(remember you only need to work on one case). 

Print out your letters/words at least 72pts and bring the printout to class.
use https://adhesiontext.com for words (does not work on Chrome use a different browser)

Bring a printout of the reference of your revival.

Tuesday, Feb 25


Focus on craft of HANDGLOVESMURF or handglovesmurf (or some key letters from your reference material)
Print out a few words in a couple sizes for crit.

Tips: Add Extreme, Stem Measure Tool, Speed Punk, Dimensions, Fit Curve, and Global Spacing, Word Space.
Refresher how-to-space-a-typeface

Refreshers: Type Mechanics, Tobias Frere-Jones part 1 | part 2
Stroke Opitics: scannerlicker.net / eyeballing-iv-the-stroke-optics




Thursday, Feb 26
 


Lecture on Figures
How to turn on more punctuation.

Download Each number explained.
OhNo type... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |

Start W X K Y Z / w x k y z  (refer to Designing Type or the other 2 pdfs on Slack)

HOMEWORK
Construct/Refine letters including letters with diagonals.
Construct 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Start key punctuation . : ; , ’ (

For Reference
Lecture on Figures
Download Each number explained.
OhNo type... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
 



Tuesday, March 3

Show and Tell
Print out letters, numbers, words at 72 and 120 point.
Spacing
Personality
Variable Font

HOMEWORK
Construct/Refine letters including letters
Construct/Refine 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Construct/Refine Key Punctuation , . : ; ? ! & ( ) - – —  “ ” ‘ ’
Optional more punctuation * @ $ % { }


Thursday, March 5

Work day: Create all the quote marks using only the apostrophe. 

HOMEWORK
Refine as needed we will start spacing next week. 


Tuesday, March 10
Kerning Strings


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Show and Tell
Print out letters, numbers, words at 72 and 120 point

Refine letterspaceing HOHOOH, noonoonhon ect
Discuss Kerning pairs and how to kern.
Kerning Groups https://glyphsapp.com/learn/kerning

Lecture: kerning pairs

HOMEWORK
Refine all Glyphs. Test Spacing.
How to Space a Typeface

DUE Next class, or you can hand it in on Tuesday after Spring Break

Thursday, March 12


Intro to Personality. Have your idea and present it on Tuesday after Spring Break.
Intro to Variable Fonts.



Thursday, March 12

Hand-in Today or by March 24
as directed for all projects (glyphs, otf, pdf ect)
Due all uppercase or lowercase, numbers.
Key Punctuation . : ; ? ! & ( ) - – —  “ ” ‘ ’
Optional more punctuation * @ $ % { } 
^ I am around spring break if you want feedback.

In class, we will cover
-- Intro to the last sprint “Personality”

-- Variable fonts. We will learn about Variable fonts, and practice because that could be an option for your Personality sprint if you are interested
Tuesday, March 24:
Be prepared to present your Revival Presentation AND Personality idea, what you want to do for the last short sprint, “Personality.”