Tuesday, February 19, 2013



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The Book of Kells


cipher or cypher  (ˈsaɪfə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
— n
1.a method of secret writing using substitution or transposition of letters according to a key
2.a secret message
3.the key to a secret message
4.an obsolete name for zero
5.any of the Arabic numerals (0, 1, 2, 3, etc, to 9) or the Arabic system of numbering as a whole
6.a person or thing of no importance; nonentity
7.a design consisting of interwoven letters; monogram
8.music  a defect in an organ resulting in the continuous sounding of a pipe, the key of which has notbeen depressed
— vb
9.to put (a message) into secret writing
10.intr (of an organ pipe) to sound without having the appropriate key depressed
11.rare  to perform (a calculation) arithmetically
[C14: from Old French cifre  zero, from Medieval Latin cifra,  from Arabic sifr  zero, empty]
cypher or cypher







Three versions of possible templates to use for Cypher. For the header I went for a logo aesthetic. The fonts used were Quilt, Partite Display upper and lower case, and a computer type font. I ended up choosing the combination of Partite Display and Quilt because I tend to favor the whimsical side of type :)

I wanted to keep the layout simple and play around with the body text. Right now I am using a combination of courier, cantarell and script font. 
"When we experience disappointment with the relationship with letters let's not be afraid to do what come naturally to us: Let's draw."
Graphis Typography 1 (1994)
Gerard Huerta

Notes

I am a doodler...My notes are usually a combination of doodles and brainstorming scribbles <.><.>


Letter Critique

Letters were hand drawn by students- They came out really well!






Focus on the letters and not the roommates choice in tablecloth *.*