WPI is creating an Everest expedition escape room for students at the end of B term. I am creating an eye-catching, winter themed font that conveys the excitement and stress of an escape room. This needs to be able to be used on posters, so it should be clear and easy to read. From research and brainstorming, I have concluded that I want my font to:
- Be a simple and clean design
- Have some sort of ice-y elements
- Show the puzzling and stressful nature of an escape room
- Be fun and interesting to observe
After going through a number of trials, I have come up with this for my first draft:
The words are framed with icicles and in the word 'escape' I reversed the second 'E' which gives the word a sense of being trapped. The letters in between are simple yet have a cracked and horizontally squeezed look to them which adds to the stressful feeling of being in an escape room. This is an interesting text to look at but it easily and quickly conveys both the theme and the thrill of this escape room.
I really like this font because of its clean appearance and use of the icicles. When I look at this example of the font it feels centered because of the icicles at the beginning and the end of each letters. In future iterations, try experimenting with what the font would look like next to each other instead of stacked on top - having two icicles next to each other might get a little crowded. If you were to continue with this font, the letter ‘C’ could be a little wider in relation to the other letters.
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