Grid Development- Studio brief 2 - OUGD403

After my final crit, the general view was that the above typeface was the favourite. Since I am an indecisive person I chose this typeface as the class basically chose it for me!
To begin the development of my type, I have started playing around with potential grids. 

My final typeface

Here is my first attempt. To create this grid I affectively typed out each letterform from Bodoni (my chosen typeface) and dragged rulers to the main points. To work out the curved edges I began to overlay all the curved letterforms in bodoni to work out the main features. However, this was getting fairly complex. I tried to pencil over the curves to work out the main lines but I decided to revert back to digital grid trial and error. 

Above is a simplified version of my grid. I tried to reduce the amount of lines by lining up all the letters in the same place. The issue with Bodoni is the variance between letters- the terminals of every letter seem to end in different places. So I began to allow a little space when adding my rulers so that I did not add as many lines to my grid. This way my final typeface will be more personal and have some character. This also satisfies my aim to keep my typeface as different to Bodoni as possible.

For the final letterforms, I have decided to use 3 layers for the busy effect I created by overlaying the letterforms. I feel that more than 3 layers would made the font illegible. Too little layers does not communicate the business. In order to achieve this without making my grid too complicated I have added 2 lines which the letterform will 'sit' on. I have added different colours for the lines on 3 separate layers. As I create my typeface I will make the other layers invisible as I create the first layer of the letterform. I will then repeat this process, however this time I will copy and paste my letterform so that the letter as a whole is consistent. Below are my individual layers and the layers as a whole with reduced opacity.