Daily Word TypE Challenge
How often do adults get to play each day? Do we even have time amid deadlines, responsibilities, and cat naps? For this challenge, I asked myself, “When it comes to design, what makes me happy? What brings me joy?” And the answer was…typography, but more importantly, playing with type.
For 30 days in June (because you know, June only has 30 days), I’ll be exploring typography based on a single typeface: CONFIG. Daily words courtesy of Sir Merriam Webster’s daily words app.
I can’t in good faith say these were all mentally mapped, sketched and executed. On the contrary, sometimes I had 3 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes (rarely) to design each word. The goal: just play.
COMPLETED: REFLECTIONS
What started out as a fun daily type exercise has really pushed me to think literally, figuratively and quite frankly, not to think too much. Overall, it was fun, so mission accomplished!
DAY 30: Louche (not reputable or decent)
DAY 29: Parse (to divide (a sentence) into grammatical parts and identify the parts and their relations to each other)
DAY 28: Argot (an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group)
DAY 27: Inconvertible (not open to question, indisputable)
DAY 26: Yokel (a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town)
DAY 25: Omnipotent (having absolute power over all, almighty)
DAY 24: Gourmand (one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking)
DAY 23: Fraternize (to associate or mingle as brothers or on fraternal terms)
DAY 22: Crux (a puzzling or difficult problem, an unsolved question)
DAY 21: Masterful (having or reflecting the power and skill of a master)
DAY 20: Envisage (to have a mental picture of especially in advance of realization)
DAY 19: Stalwart (marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit)
DAY 18: Conflate (to bring together, to combine)
DAY 17: Harangue (a ranting speech or writing)
DAY 16: Null (amounting to nothing)
DAY 15: Bellwether (one that takes the lead or initiative)
DAY 14: Divagate (to wander or stray from a course or subject)
DAY 13: Whodunit (a detective story or mystery story)
DAY 12: Fictitious (of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction, imaginary)
DAY 11: Vilipend (to hold or treat as of little worth or account)
DAY 10: Troubadour (a singer especially of folk songs)
DAY 9: Lissome (easily flexed, nimble)
DAY 8: Gest (adventure, exploit)
DAY 7: Advocate (to support or argue for a cause, policy, etc.)
DAY 6: Capricious (governed or characterized by caprice, impulsive, unpredictable)
DAY 5: Rendition (the act or result of rendering something)
DAY 4: Posture (to cause to assume a given posture, pose)
DAY 3: Compunction (anxiety arising from awareness of guilt)
DAY 2: Eolian (borne, deposited, produced, or eroded by the wind)
DAY 1: Stiction (the force required to cause one body in contact with another to begin to move)