Concrete Honesty is a font based on brutalist architecture:
My aim was to create a set of letters that emulated brutalism’s raw and unpretentious honesty while still conveying the large scale and uncompromising structure brutalist architecture hold. I wanted each letterform to feel grounded with a strong foundation like the building designs.
The font makes use of bold shapes/surfaces and corners as I tried to find balance between asymmetric design of brutalist architecture and the consistency of a legible typeface.
Kitchen is made up of different shapes taken from kitchen utensils.
My starting point was the word unstable which led me into looking at stacking objects before creating letterforms out of them. I found kitchen utensils to be the most effective due to the range of interesting shapes found.
This font was originally inrpired by the word "Unstable". From that word i began to look at multiple unstaible chratcters. I chose to then focus on the new Joker film and the new character joaquin Phoenix had created. The font used for the Joker advertisment, was really impressive however, I fehlt as though it didnt really portray his character well. This font was a way for me to better illustrate The Joker's new character. First I created a very comic block letter that would containe a scratchy "unstable" letter.
This geometric, sans serif typeface is based on the biological process endocytosis. Having an interest in science, I wanted to create a font that was both interesting to look at and, in some way, informative. Each letter (cell) is linked to the next by particles. The indents in each letter imitate the invagination of the plasma membrane, forming a pocket around the particle. In the cell, the particles are then ingested and transformed into vesicles. In summary, this is what endocytosis is.
Currently studying graphic design at UWE Bristol this is my first FonstStruct attempt, creating a typeface based on the theme ‘Rebirth’. After mind mapping all the ideas that sprang to mind when hearing this theme, the idea of our spiritual centre and specifically the seed of life, sacred geometry and recurring patterns in our universe stood out to me as subjects I wanted to explore.
After overlaying various sacred geometry over each other, to find similarities and differenced, specifically focusing on trying to unite the masculine and feminine attributes of the shapes, I started to draw and create my own recurring patterns.
Through research into existing religious script and spiritual fonts I found inspiration from the harsh angles uniting with soft curves. I started to create my own font building blocks and by creating my own bricks on FontStruct to create both my letters and recurring pattern which I placed within my letters to symbolise the sacred geometry and roots at the centre of all our lives.
Here is my first fontstruction coming to you from a graphic design student at UWE Bristol.
This font is based around the theme 'rebirth' and to me rebirth means growth, open-minded, seeing the world in new ways- an awakening.
So I went down the path of spiritual journeys. Throughout lockdown I have been listening to the one and only, Joe Rogan and his podcasts. Many of which discuss the topic of psychedelics and how they have changed peoples perspectives on life - positively. I then took these topics and found my 'Rebirth'
This font represents; psychedelics, trance and being in the state of stupor...
This san serif font is inspired by the concept of ‘Community’. I explored the idea of unhealthy, anti-communities and real life examples of them, which lead me to Hollywood. Hollywood, beneath all the glamour, proves to often be a toxic community, considering the examples of misogyny, racism and sexual abuse that has taken place within the community. I wanted to recreate the iconic Hollywood sign and modify it to have cracks appearing, representing the real-life cracks appearing in Hollywood’s community. These cracks will represent examples such as Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement.
My font is inspired by Navajo rugs and blankets and the main theme I went with was ReBirth. I thought this was fitting as the Navajo people create these rugs to tell a story of there beliefs and religion, which has been implemented in this font but instead, the words can tell the story and the design is inspired by the Navajo rugs and blankets.
This font was created for my Foundtype project at UWE where I chose the theme of Rebirth. It draws inspiration from the traditional Blackletter Olde English style calligraphy fonts of the seventeen hundreds however, I’ve put a retro digital spin on it by making it pixelated which shows my theme choice as it’s the Rebirth of this traditional font.
This is a cloneThis font began with the theme of rebirth and the idea of sending people to the next life. This lead me to looking into Egyptian Mummies and Mummification. I noticed intricate and careful wrappings of some of the mummies and decided to incorporate some of these patterns into the font.
Inspired by the idea of how newspapers are printed to protect us, I've created my first fontstruction for the start of my UWE graphic design course. I drew the letters by hand using black ink and a quill that sort of created this idea of the ink that is used in newspapers. Therefore, creating this abstract font design.
This typeface attempts to capture the movement of a rose's stem, done through the its natural curls and the inclusion of thorns. These thorns are what protects the typeface itself, just as a rose protects its flower.
The inspiration for this font was the word "protect". After brainstorming and exploring various different ideas, one being fruit peel, I landed on this the theme of the Celtic knot. The sheild knot in the Celtic culture is known for its strenght and protection. It resembles a woven texture as is seen in the font above. The main purpose for the font Chosaint (Irish for "protect") is to be used in large title text.
This typeface was created on the main theme of 'Protection' that i later explored in the idea of fences and how they can protect us from the outside world. I wanted my letters to connect with one another creating the illusion of a fence and potraying unity.
My design was influenced by walls, barriers, and the requirement for a division between our built and natural environments in order to protect us. I am a first-year student at UWE Bristol studying Graphic Design, and I made this digital typeface in response to this year's subject, "PROTECT."
This typeface has been created surrounding the theme ‘Protect’. I took inspiration from the physical format of bubble wrap, which is why this font is made up of dots. I focused on the 3D aspect of it being unravelled - how it is thicker when rolled up, and thinner when unravelled.
The typeface mimics a shadow at a 45 degree angle. This can be seen in the slanted increase in thickness at the bottom, contrasting the thinness of the top.
My typeface is inspired by vintage jazz vinyls I found while researching in a record shop for fonts used on my favourite covers. My final typeface shows features of aztec designs with an old fashioned feel to it.
Fontstruct is an abstract font inspired by the fingerprints. I liked the idea that even in the digital world our work has an element of it which is analogue wether it be primary sketches or inspiration. I chose the contrast the fingerprint style with harsh lines and cutouts out emphasise the collaboration of the analogue world with the digital.
A modern revamp of the font used in the original release of Windows, "Fixedsys", many of the fonts used in this era have been kept updated and modernised, such as Chicago, the first macOS font, whereas Fixedsys hasn't. I looked to those other modernisations and applied the same principles here to update this classic typeface.
This is a cloneThis font was inspired by the graffiti and events posters in Bristol. I came across one bit of street art in particular during my research that became my main bit of inspiration. The letters looked very psychedelic based which I loved and therefore made the outcome of my font have a hint of psychedelia. It is named "Spike" as you can see a spike-like aspect feature in each of the letters. This is what gives it its psychedelic flair.
This typeface is inspired by retro arcade games. I wanted a blocky style to represent how the old typefaces looked like. One typeface which inspired this one is one Atari made for their video game Sprint 2. I used a 12x12 grid to help me create the blocky look to it. I used a 3x3 grid in the corners empty to keep a consistent look to each letter.
as an avid drinker of coffee i wanted to make a font ispired by the very source of my favorite beverage, a coffee bean. i incorporated the signature and most recognizable feature of a coffee bean, the line in the middle, otherwise known as a "fissure". The name Toraja comes from the name of a coffee plant from indonesia, my home country. its earthy and bold flavors is reflected upon my font, strong and pronounced.
A typeface inspired by the home of Fine Art in Bristol, the Arnolfini Building. This takes queues from its grotesque, black-letter typeface along the outside. Working on a small scale allowed me to ensure the uniformity of each character.
"Cassette" a font that echoes the essence of analog technology, particularly the classic cassette. It encapsulates the significance of a time when cassettes were a cultural cornerstone, infusing your designs with a nostalgic touch of that bygone era.
During my first semester of studying graphic design at UWE I was briefed to create a digital display typeface that responded to the theme of analogue. After carring out a range of reseach into different areas of analog I decided to focus on screnprinting. Screenprinting is an analogue method of printmaking and it is very common for people to utilise halftones to get a more detailed image. A halftone is a mathmatical dot pattern that represents the grayscale value of colour and are created based on a grid. From here I decided to create a typeface using this halftone method.
Have you ever seen just a single character and though "Why don't they all look like that".
Thats what I thought seeing the letter A from a certain font. This font started with the A, the biggest thing I wanted to keep in this font was that fat stroke at the top of each letter. Its not a pretty picture, its not perfectly geometric and nearly every character looks kinda funny.
5HEAD is arguably the most top heavy font ever made; its thick, its nasty, something about it is obscene. When originally sketched, it was a clean and smooth 70s esc font - once put through Fontstruct its become a futuristic, isometric mess. Enjoy.
Main inspirations are the font Baveuse as well as a poster from Pearljam (Dismemberment Plan).