Eurostile deconstruct

22 January 2010

Eurostile deconstruct
Typeface
September 2009

This is a deconstruct type design project. The objective of this project is to deconstruct a font into minimal visual clues but yet still able to convey language information.

By eliminating part of the outline, Eurostile is deconstruct into a single line, with the exception of i and j. Most of the elimination take place at the left outer half or the bottom half of the base font. One tail of the ascender or descender is preserve to create identity.


Eurostile deconstruct

Eurostile deconstruct was used as the typeface for the environmental type installation "traffic pangram", a collaboration with Bi Xia, Cheng Guan and Daven. "traffic pangram" was showcased at City Hall, in Professor Jesvin Yeo exhibition "Beyond Typography – Singapore Pangram", during Singapore Design Festival 2009 (November 2009).

[This project was submitted for "VIS330 Typography 3" module during AY2009/2010 Semester 1 (ADM Year 3 Semester 1). "VIS330 Typography 3" is a Visual Communication Major Core course offered by Nanyang Technological University (NTU) School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) and was taught by Asst Prof Jesvin Yeo Puay Hwa.]

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