{"id":815,"date":"2025-12-29T16:40:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T16:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/?p=815"},"modified":"2026-01-11T15:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T15:25:17","slug":"7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/2025\/12\/29\/7\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating A Font"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Research<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I decided to create a font as graphic design and typography are a main interest for me. Before I began making the font I researched into fons and how they can be used to communicate ideas and their importance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three sites and articles I looked at. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/express\/learn\/blog\/psychology-font<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/medium.com\/@maria.lelieveld\/why-is-font-so-important-546f31bc2f6d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/designmodo.com\/font-psychology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After looking through these spmething that stood out to me was the concept of decorative fonts, stylish fun fonts mainly used for creating a recognisable brand. I would like to do this for my game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fonts can be very important as they can evoke emotions and feelings purely based on their looks, not the words they are used to say. The connotations I want my font to have are childlike and whimsical, matching the idea and character of my game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making a Font<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To make the font IU decided to use Calligrapher, a free to use software that provides you templates and automatically makes the font. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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This is the download options, you can customise what helplines you want.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Once you have populated the template you re upload it to the website then download the font from there in the form of either a .ttf or .otf file. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

You first choose how many characters you want your font to have then you download a blank template and populate it with characters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of the options have been made in Photoshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Option 1 – I tried to emulate the mood of my poster with this, choosing a cloudy brush and being loose with my shapes. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Option 2 – For this one I focused more on childlike “bubbley” letters to reinforce the fun aspect of the font. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Option 3 – For this one I combined the elements of the first two, a cloud like texture and bubbly writing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Option 4 – For this one I decided to use a chalk like brush, this evokes more of a handwritten pencil feel. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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These are the finished fonts spelling out the title of the game. Unfortunately the software I used did not manage to keep the opacity textures in the orginal ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help me choose I sought feedback froma family member. I showed them all of the fonts, they liked 1 and 3. When asked what emotions or feelings the fonts evoked they thought they were childish. As this was one of my goals I felt pleased as I was on the right track. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also showed the fonts to a peer on my course and they similarly picked 1 and 3 agreeing they fit the goal better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next Steps – <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My next steps are to add the fonts to my GDD’s Art Bible<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Research I decided to create a font as graphic design and typography are a main interest for me. Before I began making the font I researched into fons and how they can be used to communicate ideas and their importance. The three sites and articles I looked at. https:\/\/www.adobe.com\/express\/learn\/blog\/psychology-font https:\/\/medium.com\/@maria.lelieveld\/why-is-font-so-important-546f31bc2f6d https:\/\/designmodo.com\/font-psychology After looking through these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ideas-and-iteration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1197,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions\/1197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/stw1g24\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}