Problem Solving - Studio Brief 2 - OUGD403

 In my crit, I brought up the fact that if I follow the rules of creating my letterforms E, H and N will all turn out as squares. This would cause problems with legibility. As you can imagine, the word HEN would be completely illegible. I had a few ideas from student such as enlarging the smaller triangles which I had already experimented with. Also, drawing lines instead of triangles. I began to experiment with this ideas and others to create a sheet of design sketches.

I was really struggling to come up with designs, so I searched for existing geometric fonts. This font below in particular helped me. I liked how for the H the cuts into the letter were thin but the letter is still legible. I also liked how a single triangle was cut out of the N as this will blend well with the rest of my alphabet. 

Below I began to select my better letterform designs and refine these. I drew out my whole potential alphabet to help me visualise the letters within this.  I Also experimented with the word HELLO as this word contains two of the problem characters. I am considering keeping the E as a square but I am  still unsure about the legibility of this letter even if there is only one in the alphabet. 

I then very roughly used to grid to sketch out some quick letters on illustrator. I feel that the N with slabs works better than the pointed stroke as it seems to have more uniformity. 

I only tried one H, whose idea was drawn from my research.  I think this letter is successful. I am considering using this same technique for the E to make my alphabet consistent.