My Modern Serif inspired font was created in the 1780s by Firmin Didot and Giambattista Bidot. After looking at famous quotes from the 1780s, I chose a Thomas Jefferson quote from 1786, “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost”.

What did you learn? I learned how to create my own font and learned the basics of FontStruct, which I have never used before.

What was easy? Nothing was too “easy”, each part is a little challenging, such as thinking of what font I want to do since there are so many options. However I definitely wouldn’t consider it a difficult project, once you figure out which font you are going to use and get the sizing right, its just a matter of practically repeating the same thing for each character.

What was challenging? The most challenging part was getting the height/length right for the letters and brainstorming different fonts to use. Also, I don’t consider this challenging, but it definitely is a tedious and time consuming project.

How could your submission be improved? I could have tried a more advanced/challenging font and I could improve the sizing of the characters.

How can the professor improve the assignment in the future? Nothing

How might you apply your knowledge in future assignments or work scenarios? I now have knowledge on creating my own font which I think will be highly useful for me in future projects and assignments.

How did a specific reading, video or example inspire or help you? This article helped me because it’s style inspired my font. Also, looking at some famous movie posters/album covers, such as Nirvana and Mamma Mia’s poster. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodoni