THERAMENA FERNANDEZ
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My journey as a designer began at eight years old, inspired by YouTube’s miniature-making community. I turned a soggy sponge into a "chocolate cake" and transformed my family’s recycling bin into treasures: cereal boxes became wardrobes, scratch paper turned into mugs, and plastic bottles into fountain glasses. The real joy was in creating something extraordinary from the ordinary.
This passion for creating became my refuge during a challenging chapter of my life. After moving from the Philippines to the U.S., I struggled to adjust to a new culture and environment, feeling disconnected from my family and my past. Crafting miniatures gave me a sense of control and comfort amidst the chaos, allowing me to build my little worlds when the real one felt overwhelming.
Over time, this love for transforming the mundane into something meaningful evolved into a broader passion for design. Whether turning old clothes into practical accessories or repurposing everyday items into something exciting, I discovered the beauty in the process of creation. For me, design isn’t just about the result, it’s about the journey, the problem-solving, and the magic of transformation.
Now, as I step into this new chapter, I’m excited to share the sense of freedom and creativity that my miniature world gave me, bringing that same spark to everything I create as a designer.
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07 CLARK FONTDESIGN 214
DATE: JUNE 2024
COURSE: MARKS & SYMBOLSFor this group project, we were tasked with developing a typeface based on an assigned typographic image. In our case, we were assigned the chocolate bar Clark. Our team, consisting of four members, focused on maintaining consistent measurements and precision throughout the design process. Starting with initial sketches and control characters, we traced the letters by hand, adjusting for stroke thickness and proportions. The goal was to ensure accuracy and consistency across all glyphs, carefully adhering to specific guidelines. Our collaboration allowed us to refine the typeface and achieve a cohesive design, following detailed design processes such as tracing, measurement consistency, and quality control.
PROCESS
Below are my initial hand-drawn sketches of my assigned letters. As seen, I faced challenges with creating straight lines and maintaining consistency in the bowls of the Os, Bs, and Ds. We worked with paper and translucent tracing paper, which we later scanned. I also struggled with adjusting the shoulder of the lowercase "n" and ensuring the ascenders and descenders of letters like b, d, q, and p were properly proportioned, particularly making sure the triangular spaces between them were sufficiently wide.
Here are my final sketches of the letters. As you can see, there has been significant improvement in the straightness of the strokes and the consistency of the bowl shapes. However, there are still imperfections in letters like x, w, y, and v. I also had difficulty achieving consistency with the numbers and aligning them with the letterforms. Once we finalized these sketches, we scanned them and imported the drawings into Glyphs where we learned to vectorized them.
OUR ASSIGNED TYPEFACE