YIYING ZHU
Projects
RH Snell
Snell Roundhand Script font was designed in 1965 by Matthew Carter. Matthew Carter CBE (born 1 October 1937) is a British type designer. Snell Roundhand’s conception and design were both based on the 18th century round hand scripts. Round Hand (also Roundhand) is a type of handwriting and calligraphy originating in England in the 1660s primarily by the writing masters John Ayres and William Banson. Snell Roundhand uses as script typeface now. Script typefaces are organized into highly regular formal types similar to cursive writing and looser, more casual scripts. These typefaces are frequently used for invitations and diplomas to effect an elevated and elegant feeling. They may use typographic ligatures to have letters connect. And Snell Roundhand is just one of them.
I think the graceful and elegant curves of the round hand, its flowing style, and the special edge of the metal nib are what sets this font apart from other fonts.
From the words elegant and beautiful, I think of the covers of fine old books from the olden days. Because this is a font related to handwritten scripts, the four corners of this poster I put together with two lowercase letter "r" mirrors to make them look like the nib of a fountain pen. Secondly, I wanted the entire lace of the poster to look like it was surrounded by the vines of the world tree to create a sense of elegance, so I stitched together parts of the capital "I" to make them stretch out elegantly.
These are drafts of the other three versions I conceived at the beginning. I don't think either the colors or the typography reflect the uniqueness of this font as much as my final version. I'm pretty adamant about that lace being the best.