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      • Sketching some Capital Letter Forms…

        Posted at 4:19 am by gatf, on July 28, 2019

        Coming along – might need a bit more work yet…

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      • Can a Plain Sans Serif Typeface Have Character?

        Posted at 12:43 am by gatf, on July 23, 2019
        Source: Wikimedia Commons

        On the evidence of this enamel Mercedes Benz advertisement, I’d tend to say yes. I think the key elements here are: the use of small capitals, a high x-height, curves that are (or appear to be) segments of a true circle and the high mid-bars of the ‘e’s. I also think I can see small rounded corners… or is that just a by-product of the enamelling process.

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        Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged 1930s, advertising, enamel, inspirational, sans serif, simple, typeface
      • Digital Image Filters

        Posted at 10:18 pm by gatf, on July 21, 2019

        The results of trying some digital filters on my painting of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway ‘Atlantic’ Locomotive “Beachy Head”. The painting was done digitally using the Art Set IV Application, an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil.  Above is the original painting. Below are the filtered results, mostly using JixiPics’ filter applications. It’s a simple approach to making alternate images, and has to be applied carefully, but never the less, I rather like some of these!

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        Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged digital, filters, image, locomotive, painting, steam
      • An interesting lettering design….

        Posted at 3:31 am by gatf, on July 21, 2019
        “KAWO” is a very interesting idea for a font…

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      • An Exercise in Character Invention

        Posted at 3:22 am by gatf, on July 21, 2019

        Meet Uncle Bert, a garden gnome of some year’s experience…

        He was created in Autodesk Sketch on an iPad Pro, using an Apple Pencil.

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      • Interesting type design…

        Posted at 1:05 am by gatf, on July 21, 2019
        There’s something about this I like.

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      • A set of lower case letter forms… a future project, perhaps…

        Posted at 1:35 pm by gatf, on July 14, 2019
        a new idea I’ve been experimenting with

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        Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged cheerful, design, font, fun, heavy, Lower case, plump, rounded, typeface
      • Numbers in Various Forms

        Posted at 12:04 pm by gatf, on April 14, 2019

        Further progress on Draftsman Label Hand…

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