OUGD603: Brief 1 — Madison - Ink Traps / Numeral Thickness / Kerning Pairs

Ink Traps

Ink traps are added to letters to stop ink from collecting in sharp areas when printed. This extra space is not seen as a small scale, but gives the edges a sharper look. 

Lowercase w: 



Lowercase y:



Uppercase Z: 


Upp ercase V: 


                                                                                                                                                                    

Thickening Numerators / Denominators 

I realised that these characters, for both bold and regular, needed thickening. They were just scaled down from the full sized numerals, so it was important to change them. 



Final regular character examples: 




                                                                                                                                                                    

Kerning Pairs

Obviously with all the characters 90% right with the metrics, some characters needed special attention as pairs, such as...


AVA

Vo:



v and all the o diacritics: 


w and all the o diacritics: 


W and all the o diacritics: 


V and all the o diacritics: 


W and all the e diacritics: 


TA:



YA:


Y and all the A diacritics:


v and all the A diacritics: 



v and all the e diacritics:


w and all the e diacritics:


V and all the a diacritics:


x and all the o diacritics:


T and all the a diacritics:


T and all the A diacritics:




f and all the e diacritics:



Friday 7 November 2014 by Unknown
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