Graphic Design Feature Mish Stark is a graphic designer based in Brisbane with a passion for typography and french bulldogs. One day she would like to design the next helvetica, but not without learning more of the technical stuff first. Mish is an avid collector of Pantone mugs and loves to fill them with good coffee or strong black tea. Sometimes she wishes she was a rock star, but ultimately she is happy singing in the shower.
Find Mish’s personal portfolio at www.theloop.com.au/mishstark Her collaborative project, Flux Collective is at fluxcollective.com also find her on twitter & instagram @mishstark and www.facebook.com/mishstark
faline bold typeface Inspired by raindrops, fairy tales and bambi, Faline Bold (named after Bambi’s girlfriend) was actually the first typeface I was game enough to release out into the world. I wanted to try my hand at creating a neo-classic font with beautiful ball serifs, that was fun, feminine and classy. I began the creation process by looking at the classic works of typographers such as Bodoni, and analysed the angles they used in their serifs in relation to stems. I try not to look at current typographic examples when designing my own typefaces seeing mint examples of every font imaginable can make me feel a bit inferior, stall my creative process, and sometimes lead me to second-guess my initial vision. I spent countless hours refining Faline Bold, and the process taught me so much about the technical side of typography (as opposed to the creative side), which is something I haven’t had exposure to before. Although a painstaking process, designing typefaces is something I find extremely rewarding and well worth the effort. I’m very inspired by modular typefaces at the moment and am currently working on a modern modular sans-serif called ‘configurate’. Keep and eye out for it, it’s a fun one (and will be available for free, in addition to Faline Bold via www.fluxcollective.com).
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