Typographic Sequence
The project's intent is to slowly reveal a letter by highlighting its most significant attributes over the course of a 4-panel layout. The first panel consists of total abstraction of the letter, then moves into a partial abstraction in the second panel. The third panel highlights an attribute that is unique to that letter, and the final panel reveals the selected letter in full.
Bodoni lowercase "h" was selected for this project.
3-Panel Sketching
3 main compositions were developed in this portion of the project. The first composition highlights the bold vertical stroke of the letter in the first two panels while the other two compositions focus on the curvature of the arch.
Digital Iterations
Translating these into Adobe Illustrator provided the opportunity to reduce the number of axes and assure exact alignment of the characters. Each composition was narrowed down to the most purposeful arrangement.
Refinements & Addition of Text
The two stronger compositions were further refined and required text was added.
Final Design
Ultimately Composition 3 was selected as the final piece. The strong horizontal axis of the text mirrors the horizontal "h" in the third and fourth panels.
