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Our 4th Annual Font Family Contest is about to begin. This is where we post our Student’s Font (Monster) Families and we ask you to like them on Facebook, or leave a comment to show your support for your favorites. Yes you can ‘vote’ for more than one and there is a PRIZE to the student whose family is the most Popular 
. This is one of our favorite assignments and always produces some really fun results. I hope you enjoy them.
Check out this amazing optical illusion typeface. Within each letter is an optical illusion. It’s kinda mesmerizing.
Well it’s Friday and I thought I would share one of the classic funny forward emails that goes around Graphic Design circles, it still makes me laugh and I have read it several times
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Shannon (the secretary) has lost her cat and has asked David (the graphic designer) to help with a lost poster. This is their email correspondence…
Read from top to bottom….
From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.15am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Poster
Hi
I opened the screen door yesterday and my cat got out and has been missing since then so I was wondering if you are not to busy you could make a poster for me. It has to be A4 and I will photocopy it and put it around my suburb this afternoon.
This is the only photo of her I have she answers to the name Missy and is black and white and about 8 months old. missing on Harper street and my phone number.
Thanks Shan.
From:David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.26am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Poster
Dear Shannon,
That is shocking news.
Although I have two clients expecting completed work this afternoon, I will, of course, drop everything and do whatever it takes to facilitate the speedy return of Missy.
Regards, David.
From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 9.37am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Poster
yeah ok thanks. I know you dont like cats but I am really worried about mine. I have to leave at 1pm today.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.17am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Poster
Dear Shannon,
I never said I don’t like cats. Attached poster as requested.
Regards, David.
From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.24am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster
yeah thats not what I was looking for at all. it looks like a movie and how come the photo of Missy is so small?
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.28am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster
Dear Shannon,
It’s a design thing. The cat is lost in the negative space.
Regards, David.
From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.33am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster
Thats just stupid. Can you do it properly please? I am extremely emotional over this and was up all night in tears. you seem to think it is funny. Can you make the photo bigger please and fix the text and do it in colour please. Thanks.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.46am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster
Dear Shannon,
Having worked with designers for a few years now, I would have assumed you understood, despite our vague suggestions otherwise, we do not welcome constructive criticism. I don’t come downstairs and tell you how to send text messages, log onto Facebook and look out of the window. I have amended and attached the poster as per your instructions.
Regards, David.
From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.59am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster
This is worse than the other one. can you make it so it shows the whole photo of Missy and delete the stupid text that says missing missy off it? I just want it to say Lost.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.14am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster
From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.21am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster
yeah can you do the poster or not? I just want a photo and the word lost and the telephone number and when and where she was lost and her name. Not like a movie poster or anything stupid. I have to leave early today. If it was your cat I would help you. Thanks.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.32am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Awww
Dear Shannon,
I don’t have a cat. I once agreed to look after a friend’s cat for a week but after he dropped it off at my apartment and explained the concept of kitty litter. I have attached the amended version of your poster as per your detailed instructions.
Regards, David. 
From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.47am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Awww
Thats not my cat. where did you get that picture from? That cat is orange. I gave you a photo of my cat.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 11.58am
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Awww
I know, but that one is cute. As Missy has quite possibly met any one of several violent ends, it is possible you might get a better cat out of this. If anybody calls and says “I haven’t seen your orange cat but I did find a black and white one with its hind legs run over by a car, do you want it?” you can politely decline and save yourself a costly veterinarian bill.
Regards, David.
From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.07pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Awww
Please just use the photo I gave you.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.22pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww
From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.34pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww
I didnt say there was a reward. I dont have $2000 dollars. What did you even put that there for? Apart from that it is perfect can you please remove the reward bit. Thanks Shan.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.42pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww
From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.51pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww
Can you just please take the reward bit off altogether? I have to leave in ten minutes and I still have to make photocopies of it.
From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.56pm
To: Shannon Walkley
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww
From: Shannon Walkley
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 1.03pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww
Fine. That will have to do.
I thought today was a good day for a giggle or a smile:
Enjoy this gem from the Onion News Network:
New Study Explains Why Comic Sans Font So Hilarious (Season 1: Ep 8 on IFC)
So we are offering our Digital Imaging class for the first time this Spring and it is going to be an exciting and interesting class, I am not sure they will have an assignment like this one, but I saw these and thought of them. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. :-)
Our SECOND ANNUAL FONT FAMILY —POPULARITY? —- or maybe BEAUTY? CONTEST is back.
The students were asked to develop a Family of creatures, possibly humanoid, possibly more monster out of Font characters. The students were also encouraged to allow familiar forms to influence their choices if they so chose bringing to light many of the ‘familiar’ faces you see while still being formed out of font characters. The resulting familial units should all have 2 Parental figures, 2 offspring, & a family pet. They were also asked to give consideration to how the Parental units related to the offspring, and hopefully visually tying them together as a FAMILY
All were to be presented individually, and also in a ‘Family Portrait’ setting. Many of the entries also took the time and effort to provide context, characteristics, and a story to help present their family in the most understandable, relatable, everybody wants to keep up with the ‘Jone’s’ sort of way. I think they have done an outstanding job and I ask you to review them, vote for your favorites, vote for all of them, just vote (like) them. Please feel free to leave comments as everybody loves to get feedback on their creativity! The easiest way to scroll through all of them (as there are several) may be to use our Facebook Page (which we will hope you will add to your favorites too)
……….. and the rumor is true the student with the most comments, or likes for their Family will win a prize! Thanks for checking them out, I hope you enjoy them.
The Fondt Family is a close-knit, loving family. Ardent and Adora met in their late twenties and married a few years after meeting. Their children, Aimee and Andrew are thoughtful and wise like their parents. The Fondt family pet, Abigail, is playful and her constant company is enjoyed by each member.
Each of the family members, minus the cat, has a similar profile. See if you can find which glyph I chose for this. Also, for their necks, I chose to use the same glyph.
Though each font is different, I think you should be able to pick out this resemblance. Aimee has curly locks like her mother. Andrew’s hair is wavy, just as his father’s. They all have a proper, healthy posture and similar dress.
Adora holds a rose, symbolizing the beauty of her dear family, and the thorns are the pressing trials and pains, that only a mother may feel in her tender heart. The lollipop and bugs crawling on Andrew, represent his love of exploring and his courage to discover and try new things. The window in the family portrait is a representation of hope, which is encouraged to grow by Mrs. Fondt. That is why I chose to use the same font as I used to create her as I did this window. The window symbolizes hope because it encourages one to look out beyond the happiness and the sorrow of the present moment, and to see the bigger picture. It also represents the wisdom of the Fondt family, as they have a habit of looking at every aspect of the problems that they face. I hope you enjoyed meeting the Fondt family! (:
Ardent’s font is precise and bold, because he is the man of the house. A bold and yet subdued character, he is extremely wise and hardworking, I felt his text should embody a stable cut font.
For Adora, I chose a font that hard many soft and curvy shapes. It is not completely rounded; there are some clearly defined angles and cuts. I chose this, also, to reflect her character. She is a kind and patient woman, full of grace and tenderness. Out of her deep love, she is able to be forbearing and adamant when something threatens those she loves. Though she is understanding, her mind is unpersuaded morally.
Aimee is the first-born daughter, and she looks up to her mother’s quiet beauty. The font used to create her, resembles that of her mother’s gentless, and yet, has a free spirit of its own. Aimee has a heart of joy and is caring, like her mother, especially for her younger brother, Andrew.
For Andrew, I decided on a font that was similar to his father’s font. It is less matured, because the print is thinner and slightly softer around the edges. Though Andrew is the youngest, he has quite a big heart, so I picked out a font that closely resembled his father.
For Abigail, the cat, I chose a font that was somewhat thick and contained a few dipping, swishing lines. I wanted to portray the thickness of his furry coat, and for the playful character, I made sure it had a few curvy strokes.
The Incredible super hero family is one of a kind. Although my rendition of them is a little different with an addition of a pet lizard/dragon to the family, I hope you find them entertaining. I put a lot of time into creating these characters to look the like the originals so, vote for my family if you like it!
family portrait
The Father- Mr. Incredible
The Mother- Mrs. Incredible
The Daughter- Violet
The Son- Dash
The Pet- Lizzy
This super hero, villain based family has had a devastating impact on the world of comics. The fact that these two parents could get along despite their past is sparking romance everywhere.
This once villain has decided to retire from his old anarchic ways and settle down. The unlikely match of him and Catwoman has proven to be perfect. He now considers himself a bit of a family man.
This super hero has taken a new interest in villains. Rather than fighting them, she has now married one. She has successfuly broken the Joker's ways and turned him into a stay at home dad. It's safe to say that we know who wears the pants in this relationship.
Their beautiful daughter has taken her mother's looks for sure. Though she seems sweet and innocent, the reality is she has recieved her father's anarchy. She plans on dropping out of school and advancing her fathers old ways.
This frightening looking child is all but vicious. He may look like his father, but this child is sweet and has a heart of gold. Though never given a chance because of mischievious smile, this child won most loving in his school yearbook.
The Smyth Family
This isn’t your typical family. Imagine great Greek mythological characters with a modern family twist. They’re quite dysfunctional as well, but they still love eachother, despite the gruesome family spats that they’re prone to have. For example, this family portrait depicts a scene where the Wierd Sister’s only eyeball has spontaneously popped out during a sibling argument with her older brother, Cyclops Joe. Weird Sister is more emotionally hurt than physically, and quickly takes the evidence to her mother, Mom-dusa, in hopes of convicting her brother of the crime. Meanwhile, Cyclops Joe innocently shifts the blame on the family pet sheep, Curlz. However, Mom-dusa knows better. Upset, she scolds her son. Pa-seidon rolls his eye at the occurrence. It’s not the first time something like this has happened…
Meet the Fam:
Poseidon was the god of the sea, storms, and, as “Earth-Shaker,” of earthquakes in Greek mythology. When offended or ignored, he supposedly struck the ground with his trident and caused chaotic springs, earthquakes, drownings and shipwrecks. He was a son of Cronus and Rhea. According to a single reference in the Iliad, when the world was divided by lot in three, Zeus received the sky, Hades the underworld and Poseidon the sea. In the Odyssey (v.398), Poseidon has a home in Aegea.
In a late version of the Medusa myth, related by the Roman poet Ovid (Metamorphoses 4.770), Medusa was originally a beautiful maiden, “the jealous aspiration of many suitors,” priestess in Athena’s temple, but when she and the “Lord of the Sea” Poseidon lay together in Athena’s temple, the enraged Athena transformed Medusa’s beautiful hair to serpents and made her face so terrible to behold that the mere sight of it would turn onlookers to stone.
In Greek mythology, a cyclops was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of its forehead. In a famous episode of Homer’s Odyssey, the hero Odysseus encounters the Cyclops Polyphemus, the son of Poseidon and a Nereid, who lives with his fellow Cyclopes in a distant country.
The Graeae were three sisters who shared one eye, one ear and one tooth among them. They are one of several trios of archaic goddesses in Greek mythology. In Macbeth, Shakespeare dubs these sisters as the “Weird” or “Wyrd Sisters.”
Sheep appear many times in Greek mythology. For example, in the Odyssey, the Cyclops Polyphemus is a herder of sheep. Also, Poseidon was saved from Cronus by his mother Rhea, who concealed him among a flock of lambs and pretended to have given birth to a colt, which she gave to Cronus to devour.
This is my font family. When creating this font family I attempted to use a variety of fonts to stretch my creativity and to give each a different feel. I did this while still attempting to tie them together (humorously) as a family. While these may not look as clean and crisp as some of the other families represented in my talented class’s repertoire, there is a reason for that. First, I wanted to be sure that these font creations were just that, fonts. I did not want to take away the feel of them being created out of merely fonts. Second, I tried to use a wide variety of symbols in creative ways. It would be no fun to only use an “l” or “o” over and over. Third, I never stretched out or morphed a symbol in any way. I held shift key every time to keep the symbol constrained, in effect just making the entire thing bigger or smaller, but not actually changing it in any way. I hope you enjoy looking at this font family and my little comments on each one. Also, please click on each one to see them close-up.
Father
You know him. You love his fried chicken. It’s The Colonel! He is now the father of two wonderful children. Doesn’t it just make your heart warm? (Or maybe thats a side effect of the chicken you just ate)
Mother
Wendy! You never saw this one coming. The lady who brings you great, inexpensive, (and oh so “fresh”) burgers is now married off to the chicken king?! You definitely didn’t see that one coming, but now that it’s out in the open, you see how it works out so very well.
Daughter
She is the rebel out of the family. When she was merely 3 years of age, she took a vow to never have a bite of meat ever again. While her parents begged and pleaded for her to change her mind, she has stood fast for the past 18 years. She is strong willed and wants to save the whales too! (quite a catch gentlemen)
Son
While Giddy refused to take part in the tradition of meat, Baby Dakota has fully embraced it. His gut grows bigger every day and his cholesterol is off the charts. Doctors speculate that if he keeps eating the way he does, his heart will give out before his 10th birthday.
Pet
Life is hard for any baby chick. But to belong to this family takes constant perseverance and courage. The poor thing has seen his friends come and then gruesomely go. He is constantly on edge and jumps at any sudden noise. At night he has nightmares about a hand grabbing him and taking him off to “the shed.” Not surprisingly he struggles with a bed wetting problem.
Family Portrait
While this family isn’t your typical American family. They all love each other a lot and couldn’t live without each other (comic chicken hopes).
The Odd Happy Family
This work is designed to illustrate an odd but happy family, why is so odd? let’s find out.
The Odd Happy Family Portrait
The family portrait is designed to be arranged in the 3-planes-style. The front, the middle, and the back. Intentionally, I placed the odd elements, such as the kooky grandpa, the devil-like brother as well as the haunting angelic hogs, on both the back ground and the foreground. As a creative way in which it has huge contract with the more refined, sophisticate and civilized figures in the middle ground, such as the more reserved grandma, the good house-keeping mother, the stressed and worried father, as well as the little cute sister.
The Theme
A typical multicultural family consists of members of different nationality, American and Korean, and various interesting personalities. The family is odd, not just because it has some crazy members, but it chose an angelic hog as their pet which is proved to be a disaster to them all.
The design
The family portrait is designed to be arranged in a 3-planes-style. The front, the middle, and the back. Intentionally, I placed the odd elements, such as the kooky grandpa, the devil-like brother on the foreground, as well as the haunting angelic hogs, on both the back ground. As a creative way in which huge it creates huge contract with the more refined, sophisticate and civilized figures in the middle ground, such as the more reserved grandma, the good cook and house-keeping mother, the stressed and worried father, as well as the little cute sister. Furthermore, the hogs on the background have a light gray hue which serve as a visual buffer to offset some attention from the black solid figures in the middle and the front, thereby to create a pull and push effect that would strengthen the spatial dynamism of the design.
Now, let me introduce the family members
Grandpa
Grandpa is a kooky fellow, a crazy-on-purpose-type of person who is the major inspiration to his 3 years old devil grandson and is never at rest from making unexpected events for the family. Such as ruining the kitchen or destroying the backyard.
Grandma
Grandma is a Korean American. I intentionally made her looked more reserved, by arranging her eyes and mouth in a way that would reflect a sense of passiveness and negativeness, so that she would appear more suitable to deal with her unexpected crazy husband and her adorable, but naughty grand-daughter. If you pay close attention to the patterns of the design, you will spot a few english letters, this implies that she speaks only a little English.
- Father
The father
He is a terribly stressed out, tired, and much worrying person. He works as an entry level graphic designer, who is the main economic source for the family. What he needs is a good night sleep and a long period of vacation which he could only get from his day dreaming.
Mother
The Mother is a typical asian american house wife who speaks excellent English. She enjoys cooking and house keeping for the family and she is carrying and loving and serves as a harmonious element to sustain this confused and odd family.
Sister
The little sister is a cute but naughty little girl who is so expecting to visit the disneyland, she even puts on the outfit and act as if she were the Micky Mouse. She does not have peace with her little brother and that is the reason why she is separate from the brother in the family portrait.
Brother
The little brother is a rapscallion and shares a devil-like personality which he inherit from his grandpa, this is why he loves to make a lot of troubles for the family and he is particularly a headache to his father.
The Angelic Hog
This is the family’s pet, which appears as multi-haunting angels in the background of the family portrait, is designed to add more confusing and lostness to the already very odd family.
The Original Picture
Original Picture
This typographical design is based on a cartoon picture I downloaded from the internet.
The Fonts of the design
The following 2 tables contain the different types I used to design this project.
Fonts table 1
Font table 2
Thank you for viewing this post, the following is the gallery of the whole design portfolio.
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- The Odd Happy Family Portrait
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- Grandpa
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- Grandma
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- Mother
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- Father
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- Sister
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- The Angelic Hog
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- Brother
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- Original Picture
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- Original Picture
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- Font table 2
The Goudy family is an eclectic bunch, but still relatively normal. The father enjoys reading his classic books while lounging in his eighteenth century chair. The mother has graciously (and accurately) been given the title “mother of the century,” and can’t help herself when it comes to keeping her family in line. The daughter enjoys keeping up with all the latest gadgets and can hardly be pried away from her laptop (which mother disapproves of). The son, in all honesty, is rather lazy and tends to fall asleep with his pet dragon while watching cartoons on the television. The family pet, on the other hand, was given to them by their grandmother Lucida. Apparently she found him while hiking through the woods, and thought he would make a great pet since he doesn’t shed (like the last Goudy family pet). However, he never grew to be very large, so to boost the little guys ego, “grande” was added to his name. All in all they still get along well, even with a pet dragon.
Father
Mother
Daughter
Son
Pet Dragon
Family Bonding Time
Well, it’s Thursday, and I thought everyone might enjoy some levity, and when I came across this post I thought it was worth sharing…..
