Alphabet Sketches :: Melissa Johnson

Rubi :: Font Inspiration

Garamond

Baskerville

Plantin

Trajan Pro

Felix

Oxford

Liberation Serif

Gentium

Com4T

Almendra

Gotham Ultra OT

Font Example Ideas

Typography Video links

Type Design video links

PBS Off Book: Type

http://www.pbs.org/arts/gallery/off-book-episode-2-type-typography/off-book-episode-2-type-typography/

Doyald Young - Type Designer

Doyald Young, Logotype Designer

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Wuthering Heights, Catherine

The novel I'm doing is Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. The character I’m choosing is Catherine.

Catherine Earnshaw falls powerfully in love with Heathcliff, the orphan Mr. Earnshaw brings home from Liverpool. Catherine loves Heathcliff so intensely that she claims they are the same person. However, her desire for social advancement motivates her to marry Edgar Linton instead. She brings misery to both of the men who love her.

Free-spirited
Beautiful

Spoiled

Arrogant

Temperate

Passionate

Strong-willed

Wild

Mischievous

Difficult

Childish

Deceiving

Selfish

Haughty

Irrational

Rude
Manipulative
Indecisive  

Desperate
Cowardice 

Ella- Ella Enchanted

Ella is given the "gift" of obedience at birth and therefore has to obey anything commanded of her. A seemingly good intention but awful for personal experience, Ella has to live with this personal curse, fight fairytale characters and obstacles, meet a handsome prince and still find a way to be herself. Ella has an extraordinary future ahead though and finds a remarkable fate as she fights to break the curse. This Cinderella tale has an intelligent female lead and illustrates how you can have a kindred spirit despite the obstacles that come at you and drive yourself to overcome negative influences. Plus she falls in love and sticks to her guns!

Ella's characteristics

Strong-willed
Sarcastic
Creative
Sharp
Imaginitive
Caring
Ambitious 
Motivating
Observant 
Benevolent
Energetic
Justified
Beautiful
Interesting
Considerate
Classy
Independent
Restless
Elegant
Hilarious

Castillo - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - L. Frank Baum

Dorothy gets stranded in a strange land and goes on an adventure to find her way back home. One day Dorothy and Toto get caught up a cyclone and travel to lands unknown to them, the Land of Oz. The encounter a good witch, a bad witch and a bunch of other characters on their travels. The good witch gifts dorothy with a pair of magical slippers, but what dorothy doesn't know until the end of the story is that if she clicks her heels together the shoes will take her wherever she wishes to go. 

The Tin Man

1. heartless (literally)

2. unable to love

3. axe man

4. shiny

5. brainless

6. caring

7. emotional

8. tenderness

9. rusty (at times)

10. sensitive

11. depressed

12. longing for a heart

13. doormat

14. needy (emotionally) 

15. gentle

16. compassionate

17. businessman

18. impenetrable

19. brave

20. afraid to rust. rust = death

Slab Serif