Typographic Analysis: News Gothic
News Gothic is a sans-serif typeface that was created in 1908 by Morris Fuller Benton for the American Type Founders (ATF), in which he was the head designer there for several years. Benton is a renowned typographer who has also designed Bold Antique, Franklin Gothic, and Monotone Gothic. He originally drew two different weights, one […]
Name Typeset and Sketches
In the typographic exercise of writing my name in various type and ways, I learned that there are a myriad of possibilities. Although I filled an entire page with my name, which admittedly was strange to see, there could have easily been five pages of alternatives and then some.
Color Scheme: Tea Time
I recently went to a Victorian mansion in the area that has been turned into a sort of museum, complete with plenty of gardens too, such as a Rock Garden, Japanese Garden, Italian Rose Garden…and even a pet cemetery. It is one of my favorite places to visit during the summer and this time I […]
Color Scheme: Floral Seedum Tones
I was going for a more obvious “S” alliteration for the title, but no one would notice or anything. Not at all. Anyways…