Typography / Final Compilation and Reflection
25/9/2023 - 1/1/2024 (Week 1 - Week 14)
Isabel Tan Xen Wern/ 0355602/ Bachelors of design in creative media/ Taylors University
Typography GCD60104
Final Compilation and Reflection
INTRODUCTION
E-PORTFOLIOS:
SUBMISSIONS:
SUBMISSIONS
TASK 1(EX 1): TYPE EXPRESSION
25/09/2023 - 30/10/2023 (Week 1 - Week 5)
Figure 1.1
Final digitalized Ideas (Jpeg) 17/10/23
Figure 1.2
Final digitalized Ideas (pdf) 17/10/23
Figure 1.3
Final Animated GIF 21/10/23
TASK 1(EX 2): TYPE FORMATTING
25/09/2023 - 30/10/2023 (Week 1 - Week 5)
HEAD
Fonts: Serifa STD 45 light
Type Sizes: 32pt and 10pt
Leading: 36pt and 12pt
Paragraph spacing: 0p11
Fonts: Serifa STD 45 light
Type Sizes: 32pt and 10pt
Leading: 36pt and 12pt
Paragraph spacing: 0p11
BODY
Font/s: Serifa STD 45 light
Type Size/s: 10pt
Leading: 12pt
Paragraph spacing: 0p11
Characters per-line: 55
Alignment: Left allign
Font/s: Serifa STD 45 light
Type Size/s: 10pt
Leading: 12pt
Paragraph spacing: 0p11
Characters per-line: 55
Alignment: Left allign
Margins:12.7 mm top, 12.7 mm left + 12.7 mm right + 97.8
mm bottom
Columns: 2
Gutter: 8.5 mm
Columns: 2
Gutter: 8.5 mm
With Grid:
Figure 1.4
With Grid (JPEG) 28/10/23
Figure 1.5
With Grid (PDF) 28/10/23
Without Grid:
Figure 1.6
Without Grid (JPEG) 28/10/23
Figure 1.7
Without Grid (PDF) 28/10/23
TASK 2: TYPOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION & COMMUNICATION
30/10/2023 - 6/11/2023 (Week 6 - Week 7)
HEAD
Font/s : Gill sans std, Bold Futura std, Univers LT Std 47 light condensed
Type Size/s : Gill sans: 215pt, futura std: 114pt, 99pt, 84pt,
Univers lt std:111pt
BODY
Font : Serifa Std
Type size : 10 pt
Leading 12,5 pt
Paragraph spacing : 4.41mm
Character per-line : 61
Alignment : Left align
Margins : 10 mm top + 10 mm right + 10 mm left + 10 mm bottom
Columns : 2
Glutter : 5 mm
With Grid:
Figure 1.8
Final Designs / Layout ( jpeg) with Grid 06/11/23
Figure 1.9
Final Designs / Layout ( PDF) with Grid 06/11/23
Without Grid:
Figure 2.1
Final Designs / Layout ( jpeg) without Grid 06/11/23
Figure 2.2
Final Designs / Layout ( PDF) without Grid 06/11/23
TASK 3: TYPE DESIGN & COMMUNICATION
Figure 2.3
(CURVY) final jpeg font design 17/12/23
Figure 2.4
(CURVY) final PDF font design 17/12/23
Figure 2.5
final (jpeg) poster design 17/12/23
Figure 2.5
final (PDF) poster design 17/12/23
REFLECTION
Experience
learning typography was overall a very interesting experience. i got to walk through the process of creating layouts and expressions and even got to create my own font. this class thought me to record my processes into my e-portfolio neatly and helps me to scroll through my process and how much i've improved the designs as well as help me remember feedback and ways to make my design better. this helped me a lot as i tend to procrastinate a lot and would eventually forget the feedback i received during class so i really appreciated the constant reminder to write down any feedback given by Mr Vinod. the assignments took a lot of patience, especially with kerning and letterspacing as it was way too small to see sometimes. i got to look into the smaller things about font design like the punctuation which i wasn't aware had rules in how to design them.
Observation
i think because of kerning, letterspacing and creating letterforms, this module really helped improve my observation skills as it takes a lot of focus to check the letterspacing and how much kerning is needed in a paragraph. creating letterforms also took a lot of observation as for my font design, i had to make sure every curve was smooth and that any extra stroke was properly aligned with the rest of the letterform. i had to squint my eyes to make sure that there is a sufficient amount of letter spacing in between each letter for readers to read my design comfortably. in my e-portfolios, i can see how much improvements i made throughout my design process and how the smallest details make a very big difference in the overall design and readability.
Findings
i always followed my own instincts to where to place my designs on the page instead of creating guides and grids because i believed it would be simpler and more efficient but i found out that creating guilds and grids is actually the simpler and for efficient way, not to mention that it would be more aligned. i didnt think i would enjoy typography as it had nothing much to do with my main interest but it is actually quite enjoyable and satisfying to create your own layout design or font design.
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