Peer Review Two: Amani Edmondson

Modular Typeface Design Created by Amani Edmondson

The individual whose modular typeface design I have chosen to review is Amani Edmondson. Amani took a unique approach with her design by choosing to use circles, or dots, for her module as opposed to a square, as many people were initially drawn to. At a glance, Amani's typeface, in terms of width, appears to lean more towards the regular-to-condensed side. Overall, her letters seem very regular, but there are a few exceptions that shy more on the condensed side, like the capital 'J.'

Amani's typeface feels thin and delicate. Even though the weight of her letters could technically be considered regular or normal, the intersecting points of the dots have created more negative space within the letter, overall making the typeface feel lighter than a typical solid line would. The only letter that strays a bit away from this is the lowercase 'e.' Amani could have made an exception to the constraints of her typeface to space out the top of the 'e,' but I understand her reasoning behind designing it the way she did.

Amani's letters seem to have little-to-no contrast. Each part of the individual letter is treated the same and follows the same modular "rules" that Amani created for herself while designing this typeface. I will say, however, when comparing the lowercase letters to the capital letters, the lowercase letters seem to be more compressed, ultimately making them appear bolder and more contrasted against the uppercase letters.

Amani did a great job at following the typical structure of your everyday standardized letters within her design, so naturally, the posture of her typeface will follow the same suit. The posture of Amani's typeface is upright in some letters, while angled in others. Generally speaking, most of Amani's letters are upright, but the letters that have members that meet at a diagonal point, like the uppercase 'A' and 'X,' and both uppercase and lowercase 'W,' appear to be more angular.

When reviewing the pangram Amani created, I think she did an excellent job at maintaining a consistent and even spacing between both her letters and words. The only letters that seem to be slightly spaced out more are the 'l' and 'y' in 'quickly,' but everything else reads very smoothly! In terms of legibility, Amani's typeface is very easy to read. The gestalt principles that help provide more clarity to the design of her letters are continuity and proximity.

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