Project 2a

Yet again, the scans and computer documents would not upload. This is rather frustrating. So I made the fonts super big and took a photo of them printed off. My explanations of my choices are as follows:


stoic
I chose Mekanik LET for this word. To me, the word “stoic” brings images of stiffness, lack of emotion, consistency, and uniformity. This font elicits this with its slightly narrow and seemingly tall letters. Also, the unchanging width of the line strokes shows uniformity and steadiness of emotion.
organic
The word “organic” conjures images of nature and natural things, especially fruits and vegetables. Simplicity and comforting curves in this Century Gothic font remind us of how we first learned to write our letters, without extra flourishes to distract from the purity of the word. It easily can be imagined to hold a tomato or turnip in its circular letters like the “o” and “g”, which would be quite useful when using it for graphics centered on gardening and natural foods. This is why I chose this font. Another one I found applicable, due to its simplicity and familiar all caps format, was Copperplate Gothic Bold: organic.


fancy
When I first started looking at fonts for this word, I was thinking of a cursive, italicized font. There are MANY cursive italicized fonts that fit the bill, but as I considered what the word means, I realized that fancy did not necessarily mean elegance, which most of those fonts also imply. Fancy brings images of curlicues, finery, and the like. The Gigi font I found is a perfect example of the prettiness we think of as fancy, but without the distracting addition of elegance from a more formal cursive font. There was a curlicue type font that was more a print type, but I felt that this cursive curlicue fit the word better.

old-world
Sometimes the common types are the best. For this, I chose Monotype Corsiva because its curves and calligraphic elegance elicit the old-style feel of the hand-written tomes of old.

casual
I chose Comic Sans MS for “casual”. It is different from normal fonts used for communication but still very readable and easy on the eyes. Its softer, less formal curves and rounded ends give me the impression of my favorite worn-in jeans – the ultimate in casual and comfort.