My first steps in type design
I would like to speak about my personal story in type design. I grew up in a nonartistic home. I took my steps in art thanks to my talent to draw. I met appreciation in that field. That’s why I started to think about the graphic design department. There I discover typography and totally fall into. I decided to become a professional typographer and type designer. To make it happen I had to solve many problems I meet on my way. Face critique and the fact that typography contains many rules I didn't know at that time. I also struggle with that I wasn’t skilled at the beginning. I didn’t have anyone around to help me with advice on how to exactly do a good font. So I had on my own check what works and whatnot. I want to describe my attempts and show some examples. I did around 10 fonts. Some of them were rather bad but I learned thanks to them. Some finally started to look good. I will show you some of my fonts from the beginning and tell a few words about them.
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About Agnieszka Ewa Olszewska
Agnieszka Ewa Olszewska is a graphic designer and typographer based in Warsaw, Poland. Where she received a master's degree in Fine Arts at the Graphic Design department. One of her previous fonts got the nomination for Polish Graphic Design Awards. Currently, she is finishing two different fonts and looking for type foundry to publish them. She takes part in the Alphabettes Mentorship program as a mentee. She takes every opportunity to improve skills around designing letters and typography. The entire process fascinates and inspires her. From experiments with letters and shapes to the systems that connect them.
Website: https://ewaolszewska.com
Instagram: / agnieszka.ewa.olszewska
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