My typeface experiment

Lastly here are letters from my typeface layered on top of each other. It's completely illegible but i thought it was an interesting visual effect.

Creating the decorative typeface

Here is the finished typeface. I chose to create capital letters as it worked well with the geometric shapes of the links. I think the typeface would look effective as a heading but would be impossible to read as body text!

Ideas for a decorative type design

I thought i would start this blog with decorative type design. For my graphic design class in Australia we were asked to create a decorative typeface from found objects. I chose to create mine out of links. On the left are images i drew of swimwear clasps, broach clasps, earring hooks, a buckle and a jewellery clasp. I then used their unique shapes to create letters.