4 Line to 20 Line British type specimen

Came across this type specimen, nice to see my homecity of Bradford making an appearance.

Letterproef 1841

Came across Holle Romein No. 4 again in this rare specimen book form 1841. Started to develop the idea of creating a modular typeface using elements from an old established typeface and a relatively new typeface to create an interchangeable working typeface.

St Bride printing Library

Whilst initiating research into the type foundries of Old London (some dating back to the 18th century) I came across St Brides printing Library, which holds an impressive collection of specimen books, directories and over 50,000 books on typography. The library also boasts a collection of artefacts recovered from old type foundries that would of otherwise gone to scrap. A research visit here would be perfect for my investigation into old type foundries and their typefaces they worked with, unfortunately however the library is closed until further notice with only the workshops continuing as normal. I've been able to source images from the library of certain specimen books (Jon. Enschede en Zonen, 1825, Proeve Van letteren,) which are displayed below but quite disappointed that I can't actually get to the library.

The examples I could source are quite interesting though especially Holle Romein no.4 and no.6, they have a quality of delicacy and grandeur that would suit a fashion brand in the area of tailoring.

Old English Type Foundries

Gazette

visual research into inside labels/swing tags

Labels



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Swingtag proposals sent through to Rose

These were the proposals and variations that I sent through to Rose, The colours used were sampled from the palette she provided and the two colours I chose I believe are the strongest and most powerful. She ended up selecting the 1st design with the customised 'Hill House' typeface, I would of preferred to  move forward with the bespoke typeface but I now plan to develop this for another project.

Swing Tag for Rose - Quick Turn around

Rose is competing in a live competition and as part of the brief has been asked to provide swing tags to accompany her entry (outfit). The 2 two piece garment is called 'Miso - Tribal Artisan' (in a mistake I put apparel in my initial design development) As part of the development stage I took the typeface 'Hill House' and began to customise some of the lettering, especially the 'M'. Originally the typeface connoted and Art Deco aesthetic but when the 'M' is changed to Futura and the strokes have been extended to make it taller is partners with the zig zag line to appear more 'tribal'. Along with this proposal I also developed a bespoke typeface that experimented with tribal strokes and symbols inspired by images of mayan art as seen in the post below.