Back in May I enjoyed teaching a super-fast introduction to type design for Communication Design (CommDe) students at Bangkok’s Chulalungkorn University. Students had no previous experience of type design, so we had to scramble through different letter drawing tools, install software (we used trial versions of Glyphs and TypeTool), scan drawings, learn about Bezier curves and get enough letters drawn in four days to produce posters! It was a mad rush — especially as some students were still in termtime or had interviews! — but everyone thoroughly enjoyed it, the students were keen and full of ideas! Many thanks to New Vongin for being an awesome assistant.
Enjoying trying out the Pilot Parallel pens
Examining what makes letters belong to a typeface
Experimenting with different tools
Developing their own approaches
Finding inspiration in magazines
Finding interesting ideas
Learning to control Beziers
Some students even managed to find time to design Thai typefaces from scratch!
Getting the specimens together
Phew! Poster complete!
Catching our breath after 4 days of hard work. Posters behind!