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Andrea Herstowski
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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, numbers (and some punctuation) based on an example of letters you have found. Create a revivial. Glyphs (letters, numbers, symbols...)need to be well designed with an attention to proportion and consistency.

You will be responsible for sketching, refining and putting into glyphs the letters handglovesmurf or HANDGLOVESMURF lowercase or uppercase + numbers (optional. , ' " ? ! @ &).

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: 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

Click on the readings at the top of the page. Read at least 3 articles and include summary/thoughts in 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.

Monday, February 14 present a pdf

Prepare a pdf presentation to share with the class on Feb 14. Your research on the Revival includes any thoughts, facts, and summary from the readings.

Have at least 3 options 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? 



Monday, Feb 17



Present 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.

At the end of the Revival Project, you are creating the 26 letters all lowercase or all 26 uppercase, plus numbers. Start with 6 letters, then move to a set then work on the full alphabet. We are breaking it down into sets of glyphs.

Wednesday, Feb. 19

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.

Monday, Feb. 24

Focus on craft of HANDGLOVESMURF or handglovesmurf before movign to diagonals.
Show and Tell.
Lecture on Figures
 How to turn on more punctuation.
Start W X K Y Z / w x k y z  (refer to Designing Type or the other 2 pdfs on Slack)

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

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

HOMEWORK
Refine and Add Letters
Refreshers
Figures / Numbers

Type Mechanics  part 1 | part 2
Refine your work
Draw at least 10 more letters including letters with diagonals.
Start creating...Figures/Numbers. for reference Lecture on Figures

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



Wednesday, February 26 


Refine all Glyphs (all uppercase or lowercase + numbers + optional punctucation).
Refine letters and sketch or work directly in glyphs on the construction of
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 (if you have options create them as a new glyph)
and if you want to try punctuation ! ? @ & * . , " optional: you do not have to do punctuation





Monday, March 3


Kerning Strings

AT AV AW AY LO LV LY PA TA UA VA WA WO

fa fe fo fi fl fr fu kv ky py va ve vo vr vu wa we wr wv wy

Av Aw Ay Fa Fe Fo Kv Kw Ky PA Pa Pe Po Ta Te Ti To Tr Ts Tu Ty Va Ve Vo Vr Vu Vy Wa We Wr Wv Wy

Aaron Able Ache Advert Aegis Aft Age Ahe Ails Ajar Akin Aloe Amish And Aone Ape Aqua Are AscotAtlas Auto Avon Awe Axe Aye Azo Band Bet Bing Bloat Bog Bring Bumpy Byte Carry Celar Cinthia Cope Crap Cult Cycle Dark Demon Dingy Dope Dumb Each Eels Einar Eons Euchre Ever Ewer Exit Eyes Fact Fever Fire Fıne Font Framer Fur Fyrd Gayle Gentle Girl Gnome Gonot Grinning Gulf Gwen Gyro Harder Help Hilton Honor Hunk Hv Hymn
Ian Ieo Iggy Iillian Ion Iugia Iyaaa Jacky Jester Jimmy Joint Junk
Kangaroo Keep Kill Kline Kop Kudees Kwick Kva Kyle
Lay Learned Listing Load Lung Lw Lynch  Mail Meal Minx Mode Music Nail Next Nile Nooky Numb Oatmeal Oer Offer Ogor Oink Oolong Out Over Oyster
Painter Peal Pile Pıne Pjb Plaster Pointer Printer Putt Pygmy
Qanat Qels Qix Qon Quest Rate Red Right Royal Run Ryal
Sallie Scuzz Sensation Shell Sink Smelly Snowball Soul Spoke Sqish Stoner Sung Svelt Swap Symantic Tail Teal Them Timer Tıme Toll Trustee Tsing Tumbs Twizzlers Typing Uarco Ue Ui Umbrella Under Uo Upper Ursula User Utterly Uu Uv Vain Vc Veto Vine Vıne Vlad Vow Vroor Vs Vulgar Vying
Wale Wet What Window Wınd Wm Wow Wren Wsa Wte Wud Wxe Wynde
Xanth Xelo Xi Xo Xu Xylo Yale Yddes Yearling Yicks Yıeld Yoyo Ypring Yrs Ys Yuck Yviye Zanzabar Zellis Zion Zope Zulu


AARON ABLE ACHE ADVERT AEGIS AFT AGE AHE AILS AJAR AKIN ALOE AMISH AND AONE APE AQUA ARE ASCOTATLAS AUTO AVON AWE AXE AYE AZO BAND BET BING BLOAT BOG BRING BUMPY BYTE CARRY CELAR CINTHIA COPE CRAP CULT CYCLE DARK DEMON DINGY DOPE DUMB EACH EELS EINAR EONS EUCHRE EVER EWER EXIT EYES FACT FEVER FIRE FINE FONT FRAMER FUR FYRD GAYLE GENTLE GIRL GNOME GONOT GRINNING GULF GWEN GYRO HARDER HELP HILTON HONOR HUNK HV HYMN IAN IEO IGGY IILLIAN ION IUGIA IYAAA JACKY JESTER JIMMY JOINT JUNK KANGAROO KEEP KILL KLINE KOP KUDEES KWICK KVA KYLE LAY LEARNED LISTING LOAD LUNG LW LYNCH MAIL MEAL MINX MODE MUSIC NAIL NEXT NILE NOOKY NUMB OATMEAL OER OFFER OGOR OINK OOLONG OUT OVER OYSTERPAINTER PEAL PILE PINE PJB PLASTER POINTER PRINTER PUTT PYGMY QANAT QELS QIX QON QUEST RATE RED RIGHT ROYAL RUN RYAL SALLIE SCUZZ SENSATION SHELL SINK SMELLY SNOWBALL SOUL SPOKE SQISH STONER SUNG SVELT SWAP SYMANTIC TAIL TEAL THEM TIMER TIME TOLL TRUSTEE TSING TUMBS TWIZZLERS TYPING UARCO UE UI UMBRELLA UNDER UO UPPER URSULA USER UTTERLY UU UV VAIN VC VETO VINE VINE VLAD VOW VROOR VS VULGAR VYING WALE WET WHAT WINDOW WIND WM WOW WREN WSA WTE WUD WXE WYNDE XANTH XELO XI XO XU XYLO YALE YDDES YEARLING YICKS YIELD YOYO YPRING YRS YS YUCK YVIYE  ZANZABAR ZELLIS ZION ZOPE ZULU


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Show and Tell
Print and digital feedback.
Refine letterspaceing HOHOOH ect
Discuss Kerning pairs and how to kern.


Lecture: kerning pairs


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

Wednesday, March 5: Due

Hand-in as directed for all projects (glyphs, otf, pdf ect)
Due all uppercase or lowercase (or as far as you got), numbers.
Punctuation is optional.

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