Thursday, September 5, 2013

Handmade Typography Book

This fall semester I'm enrolled in Julie Baugnet's Art 322 at St. Cloud State University. For our first project we are designing our own handmade books based on hand drawn typography. The concept of my book is exploring handmade type through finding typefaces I enjoyed and tracing them to learn more about the anatomy of the letters themselves. My idea was to have quotes about typography and to have words that I thought described the typeface. Here is my process:



This is the size of my book I chose.
                                       

Types of paper I chose. 
                                        




Styles of typefaces used and background paper choice.


Tracing typeface with graphite tracing paper.


Result after tracing typeface.




Tracing letters with embossing pens to have a raised look to relate to quote 
"Embossed letters represent the topography of typography" by Jarod Kintz



Applying embossing powder over wet ink from embossing pen.



After removing excess embossing powder I applied heat to try to create
a raised texture. 



The embossing result. Didn't really work like it was supposed to, 
but added an interesting texture. 



My favorite page to make! Mustache theme to represent the
"Mustachio" typeface. 




Tracing the "Mustachio" typeface on printed paper. 
Wanted a rustic and vibrant style choice of paper to contrast each other.



"Mustachio" page completed. 



Page for "Wireframe" typeface. 
The typeface reminds me of the skeleton of a building so the word
that came to mind was "structural." The lines connecting the letters together
and going off the page remind me of their own structured system. 



Anatomy showing the specific parts of letters. 



I binded my book with the 3 hole binding method 
using thread. 



Inside view of 3 hole binding. 


Here is the introduction page explaining the concept of my book. 



First page of the cover. Kept the typeface simple and used a 
textured paper that was somewhat transparent.



Second page of the cover. I used vellum as the material
since it's also transparent. 


Third page of the cover. The idea is to flip through the cover pages reading, 
"Exploring Handmade Type."










The finished product on display. 







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