#punctuationdesign

Day 87/100: The Euro Sign (€). The currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the Eurozone in the European Union (EU). The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996. The international three-letter code for the euro is EUR. Inspiration for the € symbol itself came from the Greek epsilon (ϵ) – a reference to the cradle of European civilization – and the first letter of the word Europe, crossed by two parallel lines to ‘certify’ the stability of the euro. [Vectorised version of Wikipedia's € symbol, layered over a sunset, because when I think of Europe I always think of the sun - & then the sunsets...🌄] #100daysofthepunctuationproject #100days #the100dayproject #gm100dayproject #punctuation #punctuationdesign #punctuationsymbols #currencysymbols #currency #euro #eurosign #europe #eurosymbol #theeuro #eurozone #eu #europeanunion #€ #vector #vectorart #sunset #creativehabit #dailyhabit #creativerepresentation #epsilon #greek #greeklanguage #wikipedia

Day 98/100: The Part Alternation Mark 〽 庵点 ioriten or 歌記号 utakigō in Japanese, this mark is used to indicate the beginning of a song, or the beginning of the next player's part. It was most common in Noh chanting books and Renga (linked verse). In Noh books it is used to mark the beginning of each character's (or the chorus') parts. I thought this was such an interesting #punctuationmark & couldn't resist its similarity to mountain peaks! 🏞 [Wool arranged over an image of Scottish mountains on the approach to Glencoe] #100daysofthepunctuationproject #100days #the100dayproject #gm100dayproject #punctuation #japanesepunctuation #punctuationdesign #punctuationlibrary #punctuationmarks #partalternationmark #partalternation #japaneselanguage #japanesesymbol #japanese #language #renga #linkedverse #verse #nohchanting #song #music #musicalsymbols #chorus #creativerepresentation #creativeplay #creativehabit #dailyhabit #glencoe #scotland #scottishmountains #wool #woolshapes #nearlythere

Day 85/100: 'Noughts & Crosses' Time for another #punctuationpattern using motifs from previous days. It started off with a white background & black and red motifs (the addition sign, the exclamation mark, the r-coloured vowel) but I'm a sucker for #invertedcolours 😎 [Digital repeating pattern created in Adobe Photoshop] #100daysofthepunctuationproject #100days #the100dayproject #gm100dayproject #punctuation #punctuationdesign #punctuationproject #punctuationmarks #graphicdesign #creativehabit #dailyhabit #creativity #surfacepatterndesign #surfacepatternconcept #technicalrepeat #repeatingpattern #patternobserver #patternlover #graphicpattern #circles #noughtsandcrosses #plus #exclamationpoint #exclamationcomma

Day 64/100: The Crossed D/Dyet. Known as crossed D or dyet, the-D-with-the-line-through-it that I can't recreate here, is a letter formed from the base character D/d overlaid with a crossbar. Crossing was used to create eth (ð), but eth has an uncial as its base whereas đ is based on the straight-backed roman d. Crossed d is a letter in the alphabets of several languages and is used in linguistics as a phonetic symbol. [Checkerboard artistic pen in the Procreate app on iPad pro] #100daysofthepunctuationproject #100days #the100dayproject #gm100dayproject #punctuation #punctuationdesign #punctuationproject #punctuationmarks #punctuationlibrary #crossedD #d #letters #theletterd #alphabet #phoneticalphabet #phoneticsymbols #language #latin #latinalphabet #dyet #crossbar #punctuationnomore #ipadpro #procreate #procreateapp #procreatesketch

Day 42/100: Punctuation Pattern #2 "A Question (of love)" I'm on a roll with the patterning of my #punctuation motifs so far. This one combines the question mark, double quotations & the recent 'hedera' to reveal a not-very-hidden message "A Question (of love)". See what I did there? I recoloured it for a spring-like vibe in dashing #chartreuse & #heliotrope with the dark greys & black of the original motifs. Perhaps a good #pattern for a notebook? [Punctuation motifs in a technical repeat pattern] #100daysofthepunctuationproject #100days #the100dayproject #gm100dayproject #thepunctuationproject #punctuationdesign #punctuationlibrary #punctuationmarks #punctuationpoints #punctuationpattern #surfacepatterndesign #springpattern #patternlover #patterndesigner #punctuationpatterns #technicalrepeat #showyourwork

Day 41/100: The Punctuation Pattern. As I near the halfway point of the project, it felt like a good time to throw a #pattern into the mix. I've used #punctuation motifs from the previous 40 days, including day one's inked exclamation marks which are one of my favourites so far. And yellow seemed like a good, cheery, almost-summer background colour ☉ [Digitised hand drawn punctuation elements in a technical repeat pattern] #100daysofthepunctuationproject #100days #the100dayproject #thepunctuationproject #gm100dayproject #punctuationmarks #punctuationpoints #punctuationpattern #surfacepatterndesign #patterndesign #punctuationtheme #punctuationlibrary #libraryofpunctuation #yellow #punctuationmotifs #design #punctuationdesign #exclamationmarks

Day 35/100: The Interpunct. Putting a space between words seems like a no-brainer, but it’s actually a relatively new idea. Back in antiquity, they either mushed all of their words together, or used a symbol called an interpunct (·). Looking like a raised fullstop, the interpunct is still occasionally used as a multiplication sign. You can also find it in the Catalan language, where it’s used to distinguish a double L (as in goril·la) from an LL (as in tortilla). In British English, it can be used a decimal point, though the American custom of using a period has made this form obsolete. [Cut out shapes from pretty paper] #100daysofthepunctuationproject #the100dayproject #100days #gm100dayproject #punctuation #thepunctuationproject #punctuationmarks #punctuationpoints #interpunct #theinterpunct #antiquatedpunctuation #oldpunctuation #punctuationdesign #paper #papercutout #shapes #dots #stop #raisedfullstop #punctuationlibrary #language #catalan #catalanpunctuation

Day 5/100: Square Brackets. The perfect breeding ground for words. [Fine marker on paper + digital colour] #the100dayproject #100days #100daysofthepunctuationproject #gm100dayproject #punctuation #punctuationmarks #thepunctuationproject #brackets #squarebrackets #words #gardenofwords #handdrawn #typography #graphic #design #punctuationdesign #punctuationthoughts