After discussing with my seminar group that i wanted to take a more interactive and experiential approach with FMP, I was encouraged to be more experimental this week.
So I begun exploring different textures of typefaces and how I could physically make them.
Flour inside a balloon - feels quite stiff and hard but still soft/shapeable - probably a sans serif type such as Futura or Avenir?
Shower gel inside a plastic bag - very squidgy, soft and smooth - probably a type such as Bauhaus?
Aesthetically I'm not so convinced that these really work - they would look quite messy/junk shop if they were just sat on a shelf. Due to this I am thinking of removing the element of texture altogether in my final installation. I've also got various opinions on this idea and most people have said that removing textures would not be a huge loss - the general consensus is that to hear, taste and smell a typeface is much more interesting and exciting than it would be to feel it.