Variable Font Design
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Michael Catelli
Jamie Ikeda
Anna Troudy
| Educator/s: | Frank Armstrong |
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| Institution: | California State University—Chico |
| Level: | Senior, Undergraduate |
| Duration: | 5 weeks |
| Category: | Branding, Motion, Type Design |
| Filed Under: | Form-making, Four-year Program, Technology |
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Project Brief
Design an OpenType variable font that would be used as a logotype for a music group (Dresher + Davel) and applied to a dynamic digital poster.
Learning Objectives
Understand the design of letterforms that are transformed in response to user interaction or an audio signal.
Deliverables
An OpenType variable font containing nine glyphs.
Readings/Resources
Reflections
Each student used a trial version of Glyphs software, which had many helpful video tutorials online. Interactive display of selected fonts and posters available at http://farmapp.info/otvar
