The Revival Type
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Typeface Revival: the art of taking a classic and modernizing it for the digital era. Similar to the remastering of movie classics, where light, color, sound and lost scenes are digitally restored, classic typefaces are often remastered for the purpose of making them more relevant for today. (HOW Mag)

Create an original set of letters uppercase or lowercase, numbers (and some punctuation) based on an example of letters you have found. Create a revivial. Glyphs (letters, numbers, symbols...)need to be well designed with an attention to proportion and consistency. You will be responsible for sketching, refining and putting into glyphs the letters handglovesmurf or HANDGLOVESMURF lowercase or uppercase + numbers (optional: . , ' " ? ! @ &).

Objectives:
Understand the rational, need, pros and cons behind a revival
Expand your drawing skills in Glyphs
Explore how to draw numbers, (maybe: @ ? ! &) to match your revivial
Continue to practice the principles of spacing

Revival Type: Digital Typefaces Inspired by the Past
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The Past is the Present with Paul Barnes ( watch)
For over a decade Commercial Type have been designing and releasing contemporary typefaces; from modern classics like Graphik, Druk, Publico, and Guardian through to more experimental faces like Orientation and Styrene. Some of them like Lyon and Portrait have been informed and inspired by the past, but not dominated by it. At the same time, they have been searching through the vast archive that is St Bride Library, looking for hidden gems; designs long forgotten and no longer available. Rather than being modern interpretations where the designer leaves an obvious mark, they are careful reconstructions, made not for yesterday, but for today’s users. https://commercialclassics.com

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUJJpAjt0uY

Readings (read a couple or all)
Read:printmag.com/typography/looking-backward-look-forward-80-type-revivals-digital-era/
Read: monotype-restored-the-font-walbaum-a-200-year-old-serif-typeface/
Read: smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/legitima-experience-fossils-revivals/
Read: comparison-of-the-next-generation-helvetica-bbc91a28940a
Read: studiotype.com/originals/kingfisher
Read :the-development-of-orwellian-d90948e43876

Book to purchase: Revival Type by Paul Shaw: Intro | selection

Additional Readings
www.moma.org/collection/works/139306
www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/08/legitima-experience-fossils-revivals/
www.monotype.com/resources/articles/new-from-old-the-why-and-how-of-reviving-a-typeface/
galliard-a-revival-of-types-of-robert-granjon.pdf
creativepro.com/revival-typefaces-book-design-from-berthold-wolpe/ilovetypography.com/2010/11/02/reviving-caslon-part-2-readability-affability-authority/studiotype.com/originals/kingfisher

Brok Gallery poster, 1919 (left) designed by Chris Lubeau
Brok typeface, 1995 (right) designed by Elizabeth Holzman

https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/the-narrative-of-henry-box-brown/

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RESOURCES TO FIND SOMETHING to REVIVE/
Movie: titles: http://annyas.com/screenshots/
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/groups/type_specimen
Flickr: printed alphabets

Letterform Archive: https://oa.letterformarchive.org/

William Page
Morgan Willcox
American Foundries
Hamilton Wood Type | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Austin Foundry
Palmer and Rey
Holly Wood
Tubs Wood Type
Caslon Wood Type
Stephenson Blake
Specimen Pool
Franklin Type
Barnhart Bros

Typography Guru: https://typography.guru/forums/topic/44-type-specimens-online/

David Shields (long great list!)
Henry Caslon: http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-54976.html
A Short History of the Italian: woodtyperesearch.com/short-history-of-the-italian/
Spencer Research Library... Speciman books google doc

So many here (this is huge :: zipped)

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CALENDAR

Click on the readings at the top of the page. Read and look at the images :) Start identifying copyright free images that have type you want to revive. Look through the links above. Capture (collect) options for what you want to revive. Make sure if you take photo you know where it came from. You can make a close revival or you can use what you found for a jumping off point for your own forms.

Revival specs: letters need to be well designed with an attention to proportion and consistency. You will be responsible for sketching, refining and putting into glyphs the letters handglovesmurf or HANDGLOVESMURF lowercase or uppercase + numbers (optional: ? ! @ &)

There are a number of pdfs for you to refer to when looking for a revival. You can also use flikr or any resource really to find a set a letters you would like to revive. Pull the image. Make sure you keep track of where you found them.

Prepare a presentation your research on the Revival including any thoughts, facts, summary from the readings. Revival options... What is it -- show us an image? Where is it from? Why does it interest you? What do you want to do is it a classic revival or are you using it as inspiration for an original font. Have at least 3 options to revive and of course you can have a favorite.

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Mon. February 21
Present Revival Research pdf

HOMEWORK
Start sketching your revival by hand or directly into Glyphs. Pick any 6 letters to sketch, TRY a few sketches to get one you like for some of the letters. Pick wisely, eventually you have to figure out handglovesmurf or HANDGLOVESMURF. (you are doing just uppercase or just lowercase for the revival, plus numbers)

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Wed. February 23
Workday (in the lab)

HOMEWORK
Get at least a first draft of HANDGLOVESMURF or handglovesmurf into Glyphs. (pick uppercase or lowercase)
Print out your letters/words at least 72pts and bring the printout to class.
use https://adhesiontext.com for words (does not work on Chrome use a different browser)
Along with a print of your reference of your revival

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Mon. February 28
Refresher:
Add Extreme, Stem Measure Tool, Speed Punk, Dimensions, Fit Curve, Global Spacing. Word Space.
Spacing Exercise
Refresher how-to-space-a-typeface

HOMEWORK
Refine your work and draw at least 10 more letters maybe something all the letters with a diagonal.
Refreshers: Type Mechanics, Tobias Frere-Jones part 1 | part 2
Stroke Opitics: scannerlicker.net / eyeballing-iv-the-stroke-optics

Please read over this and download this Each number explained. We will talk about figures next class.
also check out... oh no type school , type class

Print out your letters/words at least 72pts and bring the printout to class.
https://adhesiontext.com for words

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Wed. March 2
Refresher: how to create a new glyph.
Types of figures
Stroke Opitics: scannerlicker.net / eyeballing-iv-the-stroke-optics
Drawing tips on Resources page
OhNoTypeTips: oh no type school

HOMEWORK
Refine letters and sketch or work directly in glyphs on the construction of
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 (if you have options create them as a new glyph)
and if you want to try punctuation ! ? @ & * . , " optional: you do not have to do punctuation

Print out your letters/words at least 72pts and bring the printout to class.
https://adhesiontext.com for words

you could use this proof template if you want. *You will have to alter it to work for what you have.

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Mon. March 7
Lecture: kerning pairs
Feedback.

HOMEWORK
Refine all Glyphs. Test Spacing. Finalize presenation (you can hand the project in on March 9 or take spring break to work on it all a bit more. Completly optional on what you want to do.)

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Wed. March 9 (no meeting not in person not via zoom :)
(or if you want spring break to continue working on it you can hand it in on March 21)
Hand-in as directed for all projects. Due all uppercase or lowercase (or as far as you got), numbers, punctuation optional.

Monday after Spring Break we will look at everyone's Revival and start on the next study... can be a personality, can be another revival. Anything new for you to draw. If you did uppercase for the revivial maybe do lowercase or vice versa (but not required). All these exercises are for you to explore and get better and faster.