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Make a concept for a stencil typeface and realize it
Find a concept, a design and a purpose for this stencil typeface. Start sketching by hand, make selections with the whole group and so on. Complete the drawings into a file and present the final typeface in the right environment.
The whole group of 15 students are working together on one subject, stencil typeface. The type can be cut out of out paper, metal, wood, or whatever. There's also a technical problem to be solved: if the type has a closed inner form, the counter form (like the inner part of 'O' for example) has to be connected to the body of a letter, otherwise the counter part is loose and doesn't work.
Here are some examples of stencil types
These links may help to cover the field of stenciled type. Don't let your mind to fix into these examples, but let yourself go wild!
Viking stencils? Rough, geometric & streamlined capitals:
http://simplythebest.net
Conga Brava. Low contrast italic with serifs:
http://www.adobe.com/
Spacedock Stencil. A font used for space-adventure fiction films.
http://www222.pair.com
Military stencils.
http://www.militarystencils.com
Lots of different kind of stencil fonts:
http://fonts.ontheweb.com
http://www.webmasterdrive.com
Adobe: Stencil Std Bold. Designed by Gerry Powell in 1937.
http://www.transaction-one.combr
Instructions: how to make stencils at home?
http://www.stencilplanet.com/
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