Week 11 Progress

Goals

1. Character refinements + simplifications
2. Website ideation and first steps
3. Finishing Dyslexic Wide Axis

1. Character Refinements

Many of my characters were defined with far too many bezier points, which unnecessarily complicated the letter shapes and caused a lot of issues with adjustment. I have spent much of this week eliminating extraneous points, and generally simplifying the letters. This made interpolation far smoother, and greatly eases the variable font process in general. Lesson learned for next time!

I have continually refined the letter shapes across each version. There are a ton of character shapes, around 200 in all, so there are always more adjustments to make.

2. Website Ideation

I have made a few mockups for a potential website to display my font and tell its story. I want to accent the unique aspects of my typeface in a robust web format, and facilitate download and use of my product.

Here are a few mockups of what I have so far. I have chosen yellow and black as my primary colors, and will likely continue to use these, as they are good for accessibility.

3. Dyslexic Wide Axis

I have been continually working on my dyslexic wide axis, which is now completely finished, aside from numbers and punctuation.