Developing typography test 1

Doric font Test 1 Reflecting on the work created last week and through talking to colleagues and fellow researchers, Leo Broadley and author Norman Harper...key areas of interest have been on the following: 1 Nordic influences (N.Harper) 2 Pronunciation guides for the reader (L.Broadley) Constructive criticism has guided me to be careful about the rounded letterforms (too childlike). From these debates and suggestions I have consciously included Nordic accents to the letter 'a' and 'o'. The vertical additions to p and q have altered to horizontals for b and d. These lines represent organic flux of voice in the speaker. The letterforms 'w' and 'e' have repetitive elements, for the e the counter is repeated and echoes to show the elongation of vowels in the dialect. This is similar for the 'w' and the inspiration was taken from the school children's work from the Torry school. A Capital T and lowercase t have been amalgamated to signify an abrupt pronunciation within Doric (for example, stoot = stout) The word 'forfochen' has inspired the angular sharper aspects of the the stroke of the 'f'. Although in my interviews with the Doric speakers all proposed that their way of speaking is soft and gentle...to a non speaker some words had a gutteral and strong snappy sound, with a strong attitude to boot! The next progression is to ensure angles for the terminals match, change the width of the second repeat to lowercase 'i' and to maintain consistency.