![]() ![]() “Although, Grundtvig Typeface is monospaced and this process is a lot simpler. ![]() ![]() “I usually work first in Adobe Illustrator and when I have all the characters, I pass them to Glyphs to create the type and make decisions about spacing relations between the letters,” Reinaldo says on his process. “I relied mainly on two characteristic elements of this facade: the verticality and the staggered contours.” As such, Reinaldo incorporated curves into his typographic design to soften the straight lines and right angles, utilising the arches of doors as inspiration for the curves in the counterform of the letters. “Grundtvig’s Church is an incredible building, it combines classical features with marked geometric shapes that make it unique which fascinates me,” Reinaldo says. While a type taking inspiration from a church may sound inherently gothic, the lettering is far more contemporary and graphic than you might think. Taking pencil to paper, Reinaldo jotted down sketch after sketch until he finally found the design he wanted to transfer digitally – that of the church itself. “We had to create a typography based on some buildings with interesting structures, and there was a raffle and I got the Grundtvig Church,” he explains. Reinaldo is currently studying a masters in Visual Design at the ELISAVA (Barcelona School of Design and Engineering), and it was his final project in his typography course that presented him with the makings of Grundtvig. “It may seem strange but I really had no specific interest in the Grundtvig Church at first, it was chance that led me to it,” Reinaldo tells It’s Nice That. The type is a beautiful appropriation of Grundtvig’s Church in Copenhagen, Denmark. Watch this video overview to learn what Adobe Illustrator is and how to use it. ![]() Take, for instance, graphic designer Reinaldo Camejo’s new Grundtvig typeface. Learn about Adobe Illustrator, the industry-standard vector graphics app that lets you create logos, icons, drawings, typography, and complex illustrations for any medium. Some of the best fonts we find are often those which transmute something we never thought could work as a digital typeface. ![]()
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