Taking the advice from my previous typeface initial design crit, i'm trying to "simplify idea 3 slightly to ensure it works as a typeface".
i'm not sure about the thickness of the ink, it's too bold, i think to communicate confusion there needs to be a smooth transition between each letter form so the viewer has to concentrate and pick out the letters from the negative space.
Another, and i think more effective way to simplify the idea of figure and ground, is to reduce the thickness of the lines. I got inspiration for the following designs by trying to untangle a pair of earphones, the overlapping wires makes the task confusing as you're not sure where to start; which is the level of confusion i want to communicate through my typefaces.
I'm going to work with this idea more, the thinness of the lines don't distract from the negative space, whilst the overlapping and connecting lines are beginning to communicate confusion.
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