Exercises
TYPOGRAPHY - EXERCISES
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01/04/19-3/05/19 (Week 1-Week 5)
Rahaf Araman (0339378)
Typography
Exercise
LECTURE NOTES:
Lecture 1: Briefing
5/4/19 (Week 1)
Mr Vinod and Mr Shamsul gave us an introduction about typography and on what is expected of us during the next 14 weeks,They also taught us how to create our own blog site on wordpress.
12/4/19 (Week 2)
In today's lecture I was able to understand more what typography is and how many explanations and meanings it has.
Terminology Learned:
- Font:The process of creating font.
- Typeface:Refers to area bow or individual type.(example:Time new roman bold,Italic)
- Type Family:The weight of the family.(example:Arial)
Lecture 3: Type structure, family and anatomy
& Animation of lettering
19/4/19 (Week 3)
Mr Vinod started the class explaining letterforms and what are the components and terms of each letterform.
Then we had to animate last week's exercise, later then Mr Shamsul briefed us on next week's exercise that was about digitalising and animating 6 type expressions in a way that represent the word.
Lecture 4: History of Typography
26/4/19 (Week 4)
This lecture we had to know the history of typography from a western perspective.
Lecture 5: Letter Forms
3/5/19 (Week 5)
In this week's lecture, our topic was to understand letterforms. Some uppercase letters may seem like they are symmetrical but intact aren't which is why each one looks internally harmonious and individually expressive.
It is important to develop a sensitivity towards the counter forms of letters as they are key to making the overall letterform look good and easily readable.
19/4/19 (Week 3)
Mr Vinod started the class explaining letterforms and what are the components and terms of each letterform.
Then we had to animate last week's exercise, later then Mr Shamsul briefed us on next week's exercise that was about digitalising and animating 6 type expressions in a way that represent the word.
Lecture 4: History of Typography
26/4/19 (Week 4)
This lecture we had to know the history of typography from a western perspective.
Lecture 5: Letter Forms
3/5/19 (Week 5)
In this week's lecture, our topic was to understand letterforms. Some uppercase letters may seem like they are symmetrical but intact aren't which is why each one looks internally harmonious and individually expressive.
It is important to develop a sensitivity towards the counter forms of letters as they are key to making the overall letterform look good and easily readable.
INSTRUCTIONS:
EXERCISE
For this exercise we were asked to create 10 different designs for our name that reflect our personality.
Fig. 1.1: Concept sketches for this lettering exercise.
The design I went for was "Open".
Then we had to digitalise the design using adobe illustrator.
Then we had to digitalise the design using adobe illustrator.
Fig. 1.2: Digital Design
Week 03:
For this week's exercise we had to animate the digitalised exercise from last week.
For this week's exercise we had to animate the digitalised exercise from last week.
Fig. 2.1: 1st attempt
Fig. 2.2: 2nd attempt
Week 04:
For this exercise, using only a specified group of typefaces, we had to express the meaning of these seven words (loop,freeze,hungry,angry,bounce,levitate,faint).We were not allowed to distort any of the letters, but only rotate, flip or scale them proportionally.
Fig. 3.1: Rough Sketches
Fig. 3.2: 1st attempt
Fig. 3.3: 2nd attempt
And for animating I chose to animate "Bounce":
Fig. 3.4: creating animation using photoshop
Fig. 3.5: 1st attempt
Fig. 3.6: 2nd attempt
Fig. 3.7: 3rd attempt
FEEDBACK
Week 02:Mr Vinod and Mr Shamsul told me that most of my designs don't really fit to the personality i chose but at the end they helped me to choose some deigns to work with.
Week 03:
Mr Vinod and Mr Shamsul liked the design I made but they told me to change the "R" design in my name because it doesn't look smooth and it doesn't match the design of the other letters.
Week 04
After looking at my 6 types expressions mr Vinod told me to change the design of freeze and angry because the didn't represent the words accurately, so after changing them so many times i got the result I'm satisfied with and mr Vinod and mr Shamsul accepted the new designs.
Week 05:
General Feedback: Images should be in good quality, our blog should be finalized by next week.
Specific Feedback: there wasn't any specific feedback because i was only sketching some ideas for the project.
Findings
The Anatomy of Type is a guide to the intricacies and design of 100 indispensable typefaces.
It also explores one hundred traditional and modern typefaces in loving detail, with a full spread devoted to each entry. The full character set from each typeface is shown, and the best letters for identification are enlarged and annotated, revealing key features, anatomical details, and the finer, often-overlooked elements of type design.
REFLECTION
Experience
(Week 01):It was my first time borrowing a book from the library.
(Week 02):Digitalising my font took me so much time because i forgot to save my work the first time.
(Week 01):It was my first time borrowing a book from the library.
(Week 02):Digitalising my font took me so much time because i forgot to save my work the first time.
(Week 03):Animating was a really interesting and new experience for me.
(Week 04):Digitalising my font would be much faster if i can remember shortcut key.
(Week 05):We had to try to using Adobe InDesign for the first time.
Observation
(Week 01):The class was exceptionally so cold
Observation
(Week 01):The class was exceptionally so cold
(Week 02):I had more clear idea about what typography is and its history.
(Week 03):Too many typefaces and terms to remember.
(Week 04):A lot of people had similar ideas.
(Week 05):Using InDesign was so different from using Photoshop and Illustrator.
Findings
(Week 01):Sketching bring more and better ideas than just thinking about them.
(Week 02):Having illustration class at our first week made it easier for us to use illustrator at this week's class.
(Week 02):Having illustration class at our first week made it easier for us to use illustrator at this week's class.
(Week 03):Animating need a lot of patience to get satisfying results.
(Week 04):Always keep a reminder to update the blog immediately after class.
(Week 05):It was hard to put out the ideas i had in my head.
FURTHER READING
Week(1-2):
Fig. 4.1: The Fundamentals of Typography
After reading this book I had to know more about the history of typography, typographic detailing and the use of creative typography across a range of media.
Week(3-5)
Fig. 4.2: The Anatomy of Type
The Anatomy of Type is a guide to the intricacies and design of 100 indispensable typefaces.
It also explores one hundred traditional and modern typefaces in loving detail, with a full spread devoted to each entry. The full character set from each typeface is shown, and the best letters for identification are enlarged and annotated, revealing key features, anatomical details, and the finer, often-overlooked elements of type design.
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