Black letter, was used throughout western Europe in the 1150s through to the 17th century. It further used by Germany and during the early stages of World War 2 it was the font of the Nazi party, being used on Nazi propaganda posters, until Hitler deemed it the script of Jews.
To approach this task confidently, I decided to research into the characteristics found with black letter,
Black letter characteristics:
- It's mostly composed of vertical strokes
- It's composed of angular lines
- It's calligraphy based,
- Consists of both thin and think strokes with large terminals
- And the pen/brush is places at a 45 degree angle to create the angular lines.
Using the symbols given as example for the task and practise writing letters in blackletter style, I created many various stroked and shapes using many different tools. From curved pattern mimicking the terminals formed in black lettering and random lines and shapes I decided to approach the design aspect of this task differently to those around me in class.
With the many different shapes and strokes created, instead of scanning in and digitally altering the shapes and forms created, I thought that I would create the pictograms with the cut outs I had in front of me, experimenting with composition. I was able to create 5 pictograms through experimentation. Inspired by Aicher and his strict routines, I created the female and male toilet sings from the same shapes, with the male sign being more identifiable than the female sign, using the same shapes made identifying the female sign easier. This shows that by following a rule of consistency when creating more than one pictogram I was able to create to easy to identify pictograms.
This design was further developed by adding colour, again taking inspiration from both Aicher and Wyman for their use of colour, distinguishing the female and male toilet signs became easier to identify. Relating the both the visual language of signs and colours these toilet signs could be used internationally.
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