Jessica Hische research
I have decided to research Jessica Hische to enhance the typography of my manifesto. Jessica Hische is a lettering artist and author, and while scrolling her website I came across lettering inspiration that fitted the theme of my manifesto.
This was a section in one of her books she wrote and I was specifically attracted to the ‘G’, I thought I could use this style for the key word in my manifesto which is ‘Growing’. My manifesto is mainly about growing, as a person and an artist and when I saw this particular piece by Hische I thought this style would fit perfectly. I like how the word ‘gentle’ flows across the page and her theme of growing and nature coincides with the atmosphere I wanted my manifesto to create.
Some more Hische Inspiration
Taking it to the sketchbook
Taking this new inspiration I began to sketch out ideas, focusing mainly on the ‘G’.
Revisiting my Manifesto design
I took to Adobe XD and began to experiment with different fonts to try and get the right ‘G’ for the design. I played around with the layout and scale of the words and how they were positioned on the page.
Original design
This is my first draft of my manifesto. Since my manifesto message is about growing I wanted to emphasise the word and the capitalisation of it wasn’t cutting it, it was missing something. Taking the advice from my course director I researched Hisches’ work and brought in her influence to my new designs.
Revisited designs
These are my new designs for my manifesto, I tried and tested a few different fonts which they included:
- Mama Script
- Almond Script
- Malambo OT
Reflection
I think researching Hische and her work and revisiting the typography has helped my design knowledge, especially with typography and it did push my project further. However I still feel as though there is something missing with this design and I am not fully satisfied with the results yet. I still have some work to do…