FONT DESIGN
Sunhalf,
A New Font
What an enlightning project and a great way to understand the subtleties of fonts. The process was very smooth because of the high-quality sketches that make tracing in Adobe Illustrator much easier.
![Font Alphabet Sketch](/images/font-alphabet-sketch.jpg)
![Vectorizing font in Adobe Illustrator](/images/font-vector.jpg)
![Font quote in Sunhalf, regular](/images/font-quote.jpg)
Rounded Serifs
Sunhalf is a font with a rounded serif and flat foot. When the serif is combined with a medium contrasting stroke weight, it creates a welcoming personality. This quality creates a font appropriate for large amounts of print and digital body copy that require a degree of professionalism but attract rather than intimidate.
![Font, Nn](/images/font-nn.jpg)
Friendly Spurs
This font has a friendly spur on its lowercase b, p and q. This feature creates a very scalable font. The sharpness does not impede the friendliness when used for headings, and also ensures a clean and clear font when minimized for body copy.
![Font, pb](/images/font-pb.jpg)
Elegant Teardrops
Sunhalf has elegant teardrop terminals. They evoke the feeling of sophistication while simultaneously supporting its professionalism. The teardrop combined with its traditional stroke weight creates a font appropriate for any length of body copy with the goal to achieve a sophisticated tone.
![Font, fj](/images/font-fj.jpg)
![Final Sunhalf Alphabet](/images/font-final-banner.jpg)
DINGBATS
Beachy Sunshine
Glyphs have to be designed like a font, as if there are capitals, ascenders like on a "d" and descenders like a "g". This is so that they can be inline with the rest of the font when typed.
![Sunhalf Font Dingbats Sketch](/images/font-dingbat.jpg)
![Final Sunhalf Font Dingbats](/images/font-dingbats.jpg)
![Final Sunhalf Font Dingbats](/images/font-bannerposter.jpg)