Project1: Type Prototype

Careful observation of letterforms is an essential part of the projects remember no curves or diagonals. We will only exercise on capital letters.
bitmap fonts are built out of the pixels (picture elements) that structure a screen display. Whereas a postscript letter consists of a vectorized outline, a bitmap character contains a fixed number of rectilinear units that are either “on” or “of”. Outline fonts are scalable, meaning they can be reproduced in a high- resolution medium such as print at nearly any size. Outline fonts are hard to read on screen at small sizes, however, where all characters are translated into pixels.
Pixel fonts are widely used in both print and digital media.