Font Specimen - Jungle Bike

JUNGLE BIKE

by Gabriela Cruz

JUNGLE by Gabriela Cruz

Century Gothic is a digital sans-serif typeface with a strong geometric style, released by Monotype Imaging in 1991. It is a redrawn version of Monotype's own Twentieth Century.

Century Gothic was created to match the widths of ITC Avant Garde Gothic.

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Ophelia: Analysis

Although Ophelia (in Hamlet) is one of the least fully-realised female characters in Shakespeare she is probably the most interesting and relevant regarding current gender relations. As women struggle to establish their position,Ophelia speaks directly to our generation of their plight, which still hasn‘t been resolved. The Ophelia story is a strong thread in the complex tapestry of this play.

A young woman, surrounded by powerful men, she would, in any case, find it difficult, even if they had ignored her. But they do not ignore her. She is a daughter, sister, lover and a member of the royal court’s entourage. In each of those roles she is either exploited or abused or both, and under that irresistible pressure, she descends into mental illness. She loses her reason and ap

pears at court babbling and behaving incoher

ently. The next thing the audience hears anyt

hing about her is that she has drowned herself. To her father , the fact of her being a woman places her beneath proper consideration as a hu

man being. Even now, in the 21st century that is the constant, and justified, cry of women in their assessment of powerful men - that being a woman renders one less worthy of serious consideration.

Ophelia, Hamlet. No Sweat Shakespeare. (2020, September 18). Retrieved December 15, 2022, from https://nosweatshakespeare.com/characters/ophelia-hamlet/

Ophelia by Millais

Ophelia is considered to be one of the great masterpieces of the Pre-Raphaelite style. Combining his interest in Shakespearean subjects with intense attention to natural detail, Millais created a powerful image. His selection of the moment when Ophelia, driven mad by Hamlet’s murder of her father, drowns herself was unusual for the time, but allowed Millais to show off both his technical skill and artistic vision.

The figure of Ophelia floats in the water, her mid section slowly beginning to sink. Clothed in an antique dress that the artist purchased specially for the painting, the viewer can clearly see the weight of the fabric as it floats, but also helps to pull her down. Her hands are in the pose of submission, accepting of her fate. She is surrounded by a variety of summer flowers and other botanicals, some of which were explicitly described in Shakespeare’s text, while others are included for their symbolic meaning. For example, the ring of violets around Ophelia’s neck is a symbol of faithfulness, but can also refer to chastity and death. The execution of Ophelia shows the Pre-Raphaelite style at its best. Each reed swaying in the water, every leaf and flower are the product of direct and exacting observation of nature. As we watch the drowning woman slowly sink into the murky water, we experience the tinge of melancholy so common in Victorian art. It is in his ability to combine the ideals of the Pre-Raphaelites with Victorian sensibilities that Millais excels. His depiction of Ophelia is as unforgettable as the character herself.

Easby, D. R. J., &amp; Easby, D. R. J. (n.d.). Sir John Everett Millais,&nbsp;ophelia. Smarthistory. Retrieved December 15, 2022, from https://smarthistory.org/millais-ophelia/

OPHELIA

Big rounded square tittle

Little spur from the cross stroke

Ascender Line

X-height

Baseline Descender Line

Fritillary

The ear is arched inwards

The cross stroke is slightly curved upwards

Jungle Bike is a sans-serif typeface with a strong attention to the dynamism of the characters. In its vast majority it does not have straight strokes, instead they are diagonal or arched. It was created with the intention of recreating a digital version of its creator’s handwriting, but more playful and light.

diagonal stroke on the stem

arched tail towards the left side

Fritillary

is curved upwards

Cap height Short finial with rounded ending

Tight spacing between characters

Tail archs to the left; "v" crotch is thick

Small curved (upwards and downwards) spur

Crossbar is short and curved upwards

"lay her i’ the earth; and from her fair and unpolluted flesh, may violets spring!" -quote

from shakespeare’s ‘hamlet’

Ear, link and loop are done with one stroke; loop is open

Swash connects with the stem

Crossbars curve upwards and go out to create spurs

Short crossbars curve upwards (same in t,f)

Tail and ear are done with one curved stroke.

"THAT SUCKED THE HONEY OF HIS GRAND MUSIC VOWS." -QUOTE

FROM SHAKESPEARE’S

‘HAMLET’ ACT 3.

Bowl stroke goes out the stem to create spurs.

Swash extends from the apex and reaches out of the bowl’s stroke. Swash’s diagonal.

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‘when nature unmakes the boundary, the pillar of myth still stands, the Swan Upon Leda, occupier upon an ancient land’.