Today I was involved in a playful workshop with our new tutor Nick, also known by his studio name 'Totally Okay'. We selected three different typefaces of opposing natures. One serif, one san serif and another decretive. After this we cut them up into specific shapes, even using the negatives at times and used them to print with, making sure we did not print with purpose. We made sure that our printing was not going to resemble any for of man made object for example a face or some furniture. This random printing process helped us figure out new ways of approaching typography. Even though a lot of the shapes were not legible, I still seemed to pay attention to kerning in some cases, making sure everything was evenly spaced. In other cases I tried to do the opposite of this, but my efforts were continuously matched with limiting rules. This resulted in a series of very abstract prints.
The result of these prints are very abstract and there is no real theme. They will help me in the future with possible type projects, helping me approach them from a new angle. In other senses, this prints could be used for posters if I simply incorporated some typesetting with the print. After this exercise I am going to begin reviewing how I use type in my work and also try to approach all of my projects outside of my computer in a more playful way.
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