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Design Case study
Designing an Odia Display Font for Headlines
Enriching the Odia content on the web
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Design process that was followed in this project:
• Aim and Objectives
- Aim
- Learning Objectives
• Font Terminologies
- What are Display Fonts
- What are Body Fonts
- Display vs Body Fonts
• Headline Fonts
- Purpose of Headline Fonts
- Desired Characteristics of Odia Headline Font
• Existing Headline Typefaces
- Headline Typefaces in Latin
- Headline Typefaces Devanagari
- Headline Typefaces Odia
• Odia Headline Fonts in use
- Headline Samples from Odia Daily
- Headline Analysis Conclusion
• Width axis and Headline Fonts
- How the width affect the headline
- Saving Space with width variation
• Optical Illusions in Odia Type
- Poggendorff Illusion
- Jastrow Illusion
- Muller Lyer Illusion
- Gestalt Law of Proximity
- Balance Top and Bottom
• Odia Script Details
- Characters in Odia Script
- Grouping letters based on the Form
• Font Properties and Styles
- ‘Monolinear’ vs ‘Modulated’ Fonts
- Style Explorations
• Font Design Process
- Glyph Sketches
- Vertical Grid for the font
- Composing words with sketches
- Naming the Font
- Vector Drawings of the Glyphs
• Font Testing
- Composed names and Comparison
- Headline Simulation with the new font
- Composing Words
• Final Glyphs
• References
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