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Farewell, Type@Cooper Condensed 2011
Critique session with Matthew Carter
Proof of my typeface, Black Icing, with notes from the critique.
Type@Cooper Condensed & Extended group photo!
This truly has been the best 5 weeks of my summer.
I’m sad that it had to come to an end so soon, but I’m honored and happy to have met and studied with a group of talented and wonderful people! I’m sure our passion for...
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Type@Cooper Condensed: Week 3!
This week we started on the design of our own typefaces and everyone’s in intense design mode (hello, FontLab!). Here’s sneak peek of mine, tentatively titled Freddy (as of yesterday, it was Fedora):
“Freddy” in FontLab!
We ended the week with another visit to the Butler Library at Columbia University and looked at a ton of type specimens, including some gorgeous wood types:
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Type@Cooper Condensed: Week 2
This week I was lucky enough to get a second chance at lettering with Ken Barber! When I took the workshop last November, I was so stuck on getting consistent and “correct” letterforms that I basically did not understand the concept of lettering. Well, second time’s the charm because I got the blocks this time! (Thanks to the class for voting! and sorry for having done...
June 2011
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Type@Cooper Condensed: Week 1
December 2010
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Merry Christmas and Happy 2011!
My 2010 holiday card.
For this holiday season, I decided to utilize my newly learned calligraphy skills to make a holiday card. I thought about doing handwritten cards for each one of them but chickened out last minute. So onto plan B: I had the idea of lettering ‘Merry Christmas’ into a Christmas tree, so I sketched out the idea in my sketchbook first and then tried to refine it using a nib pen...
November 2010
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September 2010
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