Monday, August 11, 2014

Letterform

"Linowrite" by LennardGlitter
Source: dafont.com

I chose "Linowrite" by LennardGlitter because it reminds me of a classical look of typewriter key. The form of the capital "M" has an elongated middle to  meet the foots of the side at the baseline. It has a natural chunk to it making it look like it is being stamped to the paper with a little bit of a blur on the edges and white space in the letter. showing the imperfections used with a type writer smearing on paper. The serif part of the letter curves into where the stem meets the serif. I feel like this is a way to bring the eye into the letter  form. The outsides of the serif also have a round end instead of fading smaller on the end. It helps in influencing the letter's weight. The negative space of the middle of the "m" is almost closed to two shapes. It is exactly mirrored to the other side creating balance within the letter. The negative space of the "v" is very deep in its shape and has a small point into the black part of the letter.

I chose the font for its clean form and its overall look of being rounded and representational of a typewriter key.

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