abstracting didot
Lairia, comes from the Art Deco word Talairia, (in Roman mythology) winged sandals worn by certain gods and goddesses, especially Mercury. I loved the sound and feel of this word but it didn’t quite make sense to name my font after a pair of sandals. So, take out the first few letters and, Lairia was born. It feels beautiful and art like, as well as high fashion. That is exactly how I want my font to feel.
This approach I played with the negative space of the letters. I made a box around the letter and used the Pathfinder tool, divide it. Once I had the negative space shapes I played around to get a cool composition. One I had one I liked I made on the the shapes and outline to continue with the thick and thin line look that Didot has.
exploration one
I used my minus pen tool, and took away the points that makes Didot so recongizable, one reason being the contrast of the thick and thin lines. So I got rid of the thick strokes. Next I duplicated the result of that and mirrored it.
exploration two
Each bowl, counter, ear and shoulder has a shape to represent it. The counter is represented by two straight lines. Each curve is shown by placing two curves lines in it’s place. Thick strokes are represented by thick strokes. The ball terminal is presented with a circle.
process work
This approach I played with the negative space of the letters. I made a box aroumd the letter and used the pathfinder tool, divide. Once I had the negative space shapes I played around to get a cool composition. One I had one I liked I made on the the shapes and outline to continue with the thick and thin line look that Didot has.
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