At the end of 2022, I signed up for a 10-week intro to type design workshop through the beloved Letterform Archive. I was feeling bold, generally frustrated, and decided to just let myself have this nice thing that I may or may not do terribly at. Fortunately, I fucking loved it and did not do too terribly either. It actually gave me some reassurance in a strange way, even though I found it all really difficult and daunting. It re-energized me…and maybe even helped me end therapy?
I’m not going to talk about the workshop itself here because I like to keep these posts short and sweet whenever I do come around, but I wanted to share the final outcome and where I landed on my project by the end of the workshop. Below you’ll find the final “type specimens” for my type, which I’ve titled, Marlborough Titling. It’s not available for purchase or download, because it’s still a concept and incomplete, but I do hope to expand the character sets and weights at some point. The type was inspired by an old hand painted sign outside of a neighborhood video store that closed. The last image in the set here is actually my old freelance office with the sign right in the middle…so I pretty much have to expand on it!
I learned so much and am so happy I had the opportunity to take this workshop. I feel hopeful that this is a new beginning in a way.
At the end of 2022, I signed up for a 10-week intro to type design workshop through the beloved Letterform Archive. I was feeling bold, generally frustrated, and decided to just let myself have this nice thing that I may or may not do terribly at. Fortunately, I fucking loved it and did not do too terribly either. It actually gave me some reassurance in a strange way, even though I found it all really difficult and daunting. It re-energized me…and maybe even helped me end therapy?
I’m not going to talk about the workshop itself here because I like to keep these posts short and sweet whenever I do come around, but I wanted to share the final outcome and where I landed on my project by the end of the workshop. Below you’ll find the final “type specimens” for my type, which I’ve titled, Marlborough Titling. It’s not available for purchase or download, because it’s still a concept and incomplete, but I do hope to expand the character sets and weights at some point. The type was inspired by an old hand painted sign outside of a neighborhood video store that closed. The last image in the set here is actually my old freelance office with the sign right in the middle…so I pretty much have to expand on it!
I learned so much and am so happy I had the opportunity to take this workshop. I feel hopeful that this is a new beginning in a way.
At the end of 2022, I signed up for a 10-week intro to type design workshop through the beloved Letterform Archive. I was feeling bold, generally frustrated, and decided to just let myself have this nice thing that I may or may not do terribly at. Fortunately, I fucking loved it and did not do too terribly either. It actually gave me some reassurance in a strange way, even though I found it all really difficult and daunting. It re-energized me…and maybe even helped me end therapy?
I’m not going to talk about the workshop itself here because I like to keep these posts short and sweet whenever I do come around, but I wanted to share the final outcome and where I landed on my project by the end of the workshop. Below you’ll find the final “type specimens” for my type, which I’ve titled, Marlborough Titling. It’s not available for purchase or download, because it’s still a concept and incomplete, but I do hope to expand the character sets and weights at some point. The type was inspired by an old hand painted sign outside of a neighborhood video store that closed. The last image in the set here is actually my old freelance office with the sign right in the middle…so I pretty much have to expand on it!
I learned so much and am so happy I had the opportunity to take this workshop. I feel hopeful that this is a new beginning in a way.
At the end of 2022, I signed up for a 10-week intro to type design workshop through the beloved Letterform Archive. I was feeling bold, generally frustrated, and decided to just let myself have this nice thing that I may or may not do terribly at. Fortunately, I fucking loved it and did not do too terribly either. It actually gave me some reassurance in a strange way, even though I found it all really difficult and daunting. It re-energized me…and maybe even helped me end therapy?
I’m not going to talk about the workshop itself here because I like to keep these posts short and sweet whenever I do come around, but I wanted to share the final outcome and where I landed on my project by the end of the workshop. Below you’ll find the final “type specimens” for my type, which I’ve titled, Marlborough Titling. It’s not available for purchase or download, because it’s still a concept and incomplete, but I do hope to expand the character sets and weights at some point. The type was inspired by an old hand painted sign outside of a neighborhood video store that closed. The last image in the set here is actually my old freelance office with the sign right in the middle…so I pretty much have to expand on it!
I learned so much and am so happy I had the opportunity to take this workshop. I feel hopeful that this is a new beginning in a way.