I chose to create my design about blackletter because I really like how it looks. Out of all the typefaces I’ve seen in class blackletter is my favorite. I find it really interesting that it is a group of scripts as well as a style itself.
I had a lot of fun copying the typefaces for the titles of each page and as I was creating the zine I realize that my personal handwriting doesn’t have ascenders and descenders so for the writing portion I’ll exaggerate that by making the letters squished together (trying to mimic black leather but more legible). I was originally going to write about what each typeface looks like but I thought it would be better to write out the names in their respective fonts and write other facts instead. This was difficult because, in the present, there are so many variations it was very difficult to find an original.
Out of all the typefaces I talked about black glitter is still my favorite with texture are coming in at a close second.
I would give myself a 7/10 because Even though I sketched out multiple ideas for the front and back cover and pick my favorite I don’t think it really works as well as I thought it would. I think the front and back cover makes the design look very unappealing to read. I also really don’t like the spacing of some of the words because some words I had to separate into lines and I think it looks appealing but I think it’s difficult to read. I didn’t really think that that would be an issue I ran into so I’ll know for next time. I spent 5 hours total on this project.