Blackletter

Quest 02

blackletter

Blackletter type placed in front of a gazebo in a greenery.

blackletter

Blackletter type placed in front of a gazebo in a greenery.

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Blackletter type with a paper texture ontop.

Gazebo background for the blackletter.

Brief

This project explores the transformation of a hand-rendered blackletter word or phrase into a refined digital vector. The traditionally created lettering was carefully translated into a clean, scalable vector form. The final design was placed over a complementary image to showcase the typography in a polished visual context.

Tools

Photoshop and Illustrator

Sketches

Practicing with different ways to make blackletter traditionally.

Vectorize

Use knowledge to recreate blackletter digitally.

Imagery

Finding an image to compliment the type.

Finishing Touches

Adjusting the image and adding textures to make it pop.