Expressive Typography

Assignment:The task is to express the meaning of a word through letter forms. Experiments with typesetting parameters can be tried out: Changes in Orientation, Size, Position, Style, Weight, Width, Space, Grey values etc. Attempt is to experiment with syntactic devices rather than expressing through font based features.
Only Univers font is used. The class could use any weight and width of the font.The constraint was not to use any colours but the grey values could be freely explored.








Ankita R.




Anukriti V.






Deepali K.









Gauravi C.






Chandrakesh B.L.







Jaya E.



Konark A.



Parul B.






Regan R.





Ritika S.




Roma S.




Shravan M.



Xaxa Aman R.

Customization of Rupee Symbol

Assignment: To create a customised Rupee symbol to match a particualr font. each student was given a font. The challenge was to observe the intricate details of anatomy and unique visual grammer of the typeface and design an adaptation of the Rupee Symbol which will blend harmoniously with the numerals of the font. Weight, width and the overall visual quality of the symbol were to match the existing font.
To test the usability of the new glyph, a headline using the rupee symbol was simulated in a newspaper page.



Ankita R.
Font: Didot









Anukriti V.
Font: Bodoni








Chandrakesh B.L.
Font: Franklic Gothic






Deepali K.
Font: Caecilia






Gauravi C.
Font: Bernhard Modern








Jaya E.
Font: Helvetica









Kalika Arora.
Font: Berkely





Konark A.
Font: Glypha







Parul B.
Font: Calibri




Regan R.
Font: Caxton







Ritika S.
Font: Univers






Roma S.
Font: Caslon





Shravan M.
Font: Bembo







Xaxa Aman R.
Font: Times New Roman