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[markmckee]

Sherlock Holmes Typography Research

For my project I wanted to find a font style that would suit the theme of Sherlock Holmes during the Victorian era. Below are some of the fonts I have found that I could possible use as it would match the theme I want to go. Some of the fonts I have included are related to sherlock Holmes as some fonts are used for the movie titles from 2009-2011 and the game series 2016

https://www.fontspace.com/

https://fonts.adobe.com/

Victorian Decade 

TO begin my research I wanted to see what other artists have used as a typeface for Victorian projects and came across a few Victorian styled typefaces that I wanted to make a note of so if i decided to change up my project I could look at this more inspiration. 

Victorian Parlor

Mahaputra

Saissant

This typeface is used in the movies and it caught my eye for many reasons. The way this typeface is designed makes it feel that its been wrote with charcoal and gives off a strong and artistic feel due to the extended serifs used mainly in the S and T. 

Vermandois

This typeface was used for the sherlock Holmes games although through discovering more of it through research I feel that this font would be too disjointed to read and would cause problems for the reader as it may be too complex for content on a page, although could make an appearance for a title or heading. 

Clarendon BT Pro Heavy 

This font style was used for the movies. I has very clear blocked letters which provides power to the name of the title and directs the users attention to the title

Attic Antique

This font provides a distinctive vintage feel which would suit the timeline for the era that I want to create my project.  I feel that this style of font would suit headers and title pages and it has strong bold letters that are clear to see but also come with a slight fade you would find on an old document due to the ink fading overtime.

Cortado

This is another typeface I found that I appreciate due to the boldness and stroke like lettering. I feel it may be too bold for the content I will include because I want the style of my project to feel more elegant and gentle in approach and this typeface in my opinion comes off as strong and bold in projection. I may use this for a title page or may decide to fade the opacity of the font to match my art style I want to go with, I will take a more in depth look of what this font will look like when i replace my content with this style to see how it is portrayed but it is one of my favorites I have found during this research period. 

Caflisch Script

I appreciate this typeface as it shows off its elegance and appreciation for type. I am edging towards choosing this typeface for the content of my project as it matches the elegance and sway that I want to provide my project with. 

[meghanhalpin]

Mycroft Holmes

While they might look utterly maddening, illustrating those pinstripes was so much fun. I love how the wrinkles in the fabric creates the illusion of light and shadow.

[jasminwiniarski]

Gifs

[ernestsdesign]

Research & Progress

After completing research on some futuristic user interfaces, I decided to create a futuristic user interface which would contain a more "professional" and "calm" colour scheme; nothing too crazy like pink mixed with yellow because I feel like that didnt really suit the project nor my personal taste.

I based my colour scheme on a futuristic user interface approach which will use the mixture of a dark blue, white, orange and red to form the website. Most of the colours have been chosen from Call Of Duty because I personally really enjoyed playing that game in the past and it was one of the most wow-ing interfaces created with its simplicity. I feel like this colour scheme is most suitable as with it I can colour code content such as heroes and villains and highlight content such as the movies through the use of the orange.

https://www.spov.tv/portfolio/call-duty-advanced-warfare/

The characters that I will include are Dr. Watson, Sherlock Holmes, Jim Moriarty and Irene Adler. I decided to stick with four characters because that way the webpage will not be too overwhelming.

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5a/aa/11/5aaa1101eb02777fb6bf1af83ec58f3e.jpg

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sherlock2010/images/7/70/AdlerPulver.png/revision/latest?cb=20160724054817

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/moriarty_james_3139.jpg

https://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/styles/main_wide/public/andrew_scott.jpg?itok=Fk3O-9MU

After looking at the BBC series of Sherlock Holmes, even though I have seen it before, seeing it again I realised just how close my colour scheme is to that displayed within the BBC series', what a coincidence! I feel like this fact simply makes my colour scheme even more suitable for a 21st century-style interface approach.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018ttws

This is the image I used to show 221 Baker Street in real life...

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9b/cb/05/9bcb05efe4dae1b4d2798f0b0aa80140.jpg

I wanted to add something that would add more into the colour scheme without messing with the font colour because after making the text for heroes and villains orange and red, I felt like they took away from the appeal of the site and so instead I took some inspiration from retro-style photos I found on the internet and some shops I took a look into. I feel like this approach makes the website look more unique and appealing without ruining the use of colours. Instead of featuring the red, I have replaced it with a darker grey that still manages to stand out while not being too distracting.

https://www.photobox.co.uk/shop/prints/retro-prints https://inkifi.com/us/prints/retro-prints.html

[jamesescott]

221 B illustration 

Illustration of 221B Baker St created for my Sherlock project. Since I am going for a film noir aesthetic, it only made sense to use a monotone colour pallet with a hint of red as a nod to sin city. I learned a few new tricks while completing this design. Mainly how to properly use the swatches panel to save time when creating repeated patterns. This was used to create both the brick and roof tile patterns.

[halmcdesign]

So with a 3D style Sims game of Sherlock Holmes out the window, I started looking at blueprints and floorplans of the famous 221B Baker Street property. Here, there is a lot of opportunity with regards to the map idea but also a chance to include the style of design I am going for.

[creativecraig]

The Author - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The real mastermind of the Sherlock Holmes character as well as the numerous of books written is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally pushed to follow the profession in the medical sector, Arthur studied at the University of Edinburgh. Having spent a lot of time partaking medical studies, Arthur wrote his first story,  _The Mystery of Sasassa. _This lead to a craze of stories being produced by Doyle, but by far the most famous and notable stories of Arthur was the Sherlock Holmes series. The Sherlock Holmes character was  inspired by many different people and events that had occured throughout Doyle’s life 

Arthur’s father was known for being a chronic alcoholic, which has been linked into the Sherlock Holmes character as when not active on a case, Sherlock was hinted into abusing alcohol due to mainly being bored although the more modern Sherlock series have tried to remove it as it is a sensitive subject.

The main influence of the Sherlock Holmes character was a man called Joseph Bell, a surgeon at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Bell had a particular interest in forensic science (the scientific study of criminal and civil law), this is one of Sherlock’s main traits and is clearly inspired by Bell’s interest. Doyle worked with Bell as a clerk for a period of time and took the characteristics, activity and way of thinking of Joseph Bell to inspire him to make the great detective that is Sherlock Holmes.

[deirbhilekennedy]

Sherlock TV Series 2010-2017

Sherlock is a British television crime drama that presents a contemporary adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes detective stories. 

Typography

The Sherlock show logo features the “SHERLOCK” text in all capital letters in a distressed sans serif.  The typography differs a lot from the other two Sherlock type faces. The design is probably based on P22 Johnston Underground. As the name suggests, the typeface was developed for the London Underground system in 1916. As you can see from this title compared to others, the ‘Holmes’ was left out just leaving it as ‘SHERLOCK’. The capitalisation makes it much bolder and eye-catching for the audience.

Throughout the Sherlock series different text is used in episodes, to show text messages, thoughts which annotate the story. These fonts used aren’t as striking as the title of Sherlock and also aren’t in capitals I feel this makes it easier to read on screen. 

Colours

The colours used in a movie can effect us a lot without us even knowing, therefore choosing the correct colour palette can be very important for getting the audience to relate to the story.

Throughout the series and on the movie poster cold tones of colour are mainly used. This gives the show a dark and gloomy feel which helps set the mood of the series. The darkness can come across sinister making some aspects of the show more dramatic and intense.