Nico Curtis
Senior Thesis Project, 2010
Gwen Frostic School of Art
Western Michigan University
Specificity of Type
Letterforms should be designed to reflect
their purpose, audience and context.
Concept
The concept for my type design was
to create a serif and a san-serif
face designed to be used seperately
and interchangeably.
Initial Studies
Reduction of Letterform
Study of Weight
Art Deco Type
Hand-drawn sketches
Research Topic Observations
Signage Type
Nissan XTerra
Rowlison Type
Home
Bibliography
Reading Log


Final Design
serif
san-serif
design center randomization
serif and san-serif overlay
individual letters
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Arrausi, Juan J.. Education in Letterform Design. Basel: Schule für Gestaltung Basel, 1996

Macmillan, Neil. An A-Z of Type Designers. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.

University of Reading. “MA Typeface Design.”
2009.http://www.typefacedesign.org/2009/ (accessed 01.18.2010)

Voorhees, Garret. “Adrian Frutiger.”
2008.http://www.garretvoorhees.com/design/frutiger/index.html (accessed 01.19.2010).

Microsoft Corporation. “Channel Verdana.”1997.
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/web/fonts/Verdana/default.htm (accessed 01.19.2010).

Emigre,Emigre Fonts Type Specimens. 72/100 ed. Volume I. Berkeley: Emigre, 2006.

Licko, Zuzana. “Designing Fairplex.” Various Types, 2004, [17-29].

Revival of the Fittest Digital Versions of Classic Typefaces. New York City: RC Publications, Inc., 2000.

Vignelli, Massimo, and Lella Vignelli. Lella and Massimo Vignelli: Design is One. Mulgrave, Australia: The Images Publishing Group, 2004.

Willen, Bruce, and Nolan Strals. Letter & Type. New York City: Princeton Architectural Press, 2009.