Tag: Germs

I think that the finished product of the letters I have made fit well with the theme of bacteria/micro-organisms that I chose to do, however I think that it may not be very practical for every day use with may hinder the success of it in the real world, its more of a one off or fun style, obviously the theme is quite niche also, possibly meaning it will be stuck to hygiene or medial uses only. However, it wouldn’t be useful for signs, essays or professional works and would work well for posters or even products, perhaps aimed at children, as it is eye catching and fun.

With the letter G, V and W i tried to incorporate how i actually feel about germs rather than making them look like a germ under a microscope. They are fuzzy which reminds me of how germs move and how they are everywhere. I like them because of this, as they stand out however still fit in with the theme.

I feel as though my typeface is meets the brief well as it is an interesting new type, which in my research there isn’t anything like it out there on the Internet. Meaning that if I were to put it out there perhaps it would be successful in it’s range of type.

I like the way that all of my letters aren’t all the same size and are not uniform in shape, I think it makes it more interesting to look at and shows the individuality of each letter.

 

In practice as you can see, the font can be used for many medical related things; a hand soap and a magazine cover. I have created a mock up of the horrible science magazines that often use fonts that use the theme of that issue to make the typography, for example the Bulging Brains issue uses a brain like typography. My Font could easily be used in this way.

After all my research i started drawing ideas for my type in pencil. Starting with similar pictures to what i saw in the books and on the internet, then shaped them into letters.

Dutch designer Jelte van Abbema won a competition in 2009 with his design print using bacteria in petri dishes called “Symbiosis”. He photographed the bacteria through many stages, from growth to death. This resulted in the letters changing shape and colour as the bacteria grew. Starting with the dark blue then moving to amber. I really enjoy the sans serif font he chose for the experiment, using simple shapes to create the letters and how they are photographed is nice as all of the letters look uniform in the circle of the petri dish outline.

“A promising marriage between art and science, based on in-depth research. This technical invention creates new images and forms.”

 

Similar to Abbema, Ori Elisar, a Jerusalem based designer created a typeface that made use of petri-dish to create letterforms in hebrew for his “Living language” project in 2015. Similar to mine, he stated in the interview that it will not be a completely functional typeface. Elisar sees it as an “alternative to typography’s occasional perception as the most dry and boring field of design”. Basically a bit of fun.

“Using my research, experiments and results, I am hoping to question nature, culture, character and language with some new theories of my own,”

 

I really like the idea behind this using ink and natural bacteria to create the typeface, however as previously stated i dont think it is very easy to use in practice, but the idea behind it is great.