Raw Type - Completed Typeface and Promotional Poster

*I included the original image that inspired the typeface within the PDF.

Raw Type - Layout Tests

Raw Type - Numbers

Raw type- Numbers

Raw Type - Further Colour Variations

Off centre outline overlaid

Black with Pewter type

Slate Grey with Pewter type

Strange violet/grey which I actually quite like..

Blue/Black/Grey 

Raw Type - Glyphs

Raw Type - Glyph Development

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Quite pleased with the glyphs I've managed to draw out of the patterned tiles. These were much harder than finding letterforms - particularly the ampersand and the '@' glyphs and they may need some further development. For now, I'm just going to crack on and get them digitised and move onto the numbers and then revisit any problem characters at the end.

Raw Type - Colour Variations

A few quick colour tests applied to the typeface in it's current form. I opened up the original photograph of the patterned tiles and used the eyedropper tool to pick out a few hues - at the moment I'm most keen on the 'pewter' kind of colour (top) and it's an unusual tone and it doesn't distract from the typeface itself.

Raw Type - Uppercase

Okay so here is the uppercase for my typeface. It's been produced quite quickly but I think it's working well so far. Perhaps having a short amount of time has been beneficial leading me to just get it done instead of labouring over decisions for endless amounts of time. I like the fact that it's looking quirky and contemporary. I still need to decide on whether to do a lowercase as well - it wouldn't take too long to make but I'm not sure this style would lend itself to easily to a lowercase version - guess i'll just have to try it and see...

I have also yet to produce numbers and a few glyphs and I need  to start looking into colours and layout for the final poster I submit to Raw.

I had a thought about giving a name to the typeface - I'd like to call it 'Alcazar' - as the Real Alcazar Palace in Seville is where I took the image of the geometric patterned tiles that have inspired the design and I think it sounds pretty good too!

I'm going to start playing around with colours, particularly looking at shades/tones and hues within the original photograph (above) as it would be nice to bring back another influence from where the letterforms originated.

Raw type- Letterforms

Raw Type - Development