Design type specimens through the use of type as an image.
Take your name and a short signature phrase and explore one typeface “family” to create a self portrait made only with type (no lines at all). Layouts need to demonstrate the range of a type family in a variety of sizes. Remember, a typeface family is a font (such as Adobe Garamond) that has a variety of weights (light, book, semibold, bold, etc.) and styles (italics, small caps, etc.). Several are listed in the TWT book.
Steps:
1. Pick what typeface family you are going to use for this project.
2. Decide upon your "signature phrase". It can be a quote that is meaningful to you or something that you say a lot. It should be relatively short (no long poems or song lyrics).
3. Find the picture of yourself that you will form the base of this typographic self-portrait.
4. Start "drawing" with type! Be sure to use a wide range of sizes, weights, and styles to make your self-portrait.
Here are some examples (not from GSU):
I like the different examples posted here Paige. Some looking cartoony, while others looking realistic.
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