by Jonathan Collins | Oct 3, 2022 | 1FAN, Portfolio, sports, Sports Typography
The Detroit Lions’ numbers are somewhat difficult to kern automatically because these are slanted. When you place them as vector paths, you have to visually kern since auto-align functions in graphics programs (like Adobe Illustrator) only detect the rectangular...
by Jonathan Collins | Sep 28, 2022 | 1FAN, Portfolio, sports, Sports Typography
Recently, I built out a live type digital font for the Seattle Kraken Jersey letters and numbers for my employer. It is a great privilege to be able to do this since it affects the company’s ability to automate product creation at many functional areas. The...
by Jonathan Collins | Sep 23, 2022 | Large Format Printing, Portfolio, sports
Summary: With a shoe-string budget and zero photography equipment, images required for this project were taken on an iPhone 7 but using advanced editing and color techniques achieved a 16-bit HDR and DSLR camera look. The poster was composed in InDesign with...
by Jonathan Collins | Sep 21, 2022 | Large Format Printing, Portfolio, sports
Summary: From start to finish, Jonathan sourced, edited, masked, and composed a complex and exciting vehicle wrap for the Jacksonville Giants in about 7 hours of work time ready for the production facility to scale for Large Format Printing. This project is unique in...
by Jonathan Collins | Sep 21, 2022 | Branding, Portfolio, sports, Sports Typography
In May 2018, the Fanatics Brands Jersey Product Development (PD) found itself in a bind and approached my manager for help to release their products on time. PD asked help with creating letter and number components for their vintage NHL replica jerseys that did not...
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