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Typography: Final Compilation and Reflection

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Typography: Final Compilation and Reflection 05/04/19 - 05/07/19 (Week 1 - Week 14) Sia Man Sheng 0333877 INSTRUCTION Compilation of: Exercises Project 1: Text Formatting and Expression Project 2: Font Design Final Project: Typography- Expression, Hierarchy and Composition EXERCISES Figure 1.1 Lettering (Puzzled) Figure 1.2 Animated Lettering (Puzzled) Figure 1.3 Type Expression, 6 verbs Figure 1.4 Animated Type Expression (Levitate) PROJECT 1: TEXT FORMATTING  AND EXPRESSION Figure 2.1 Final Layout Figure 2.2 Final Layout PDF PROJECT 2: FONT DESIGN Figure 3.1 Final 15 letters  Figure 3.2 Final Composition Figure 3.3 Final Composition PDF FINAL PROJECT: TYPOGRAPHY-EXPRESSION, HIERARCHY AND COMPOSITION Figure 4.1 Final Poster (Please take your gossip out of the library) Figure 4.2 Final Poster GIF  (Please take your gossip out of the library) Figure 4....

Typography: Expression, Hierarchy and Composition

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Typography: Expression, Hierarchy and Composition 14/06/19 - 05/07/19 (Week 11 - Week 14) Sia Man Sheng   0333877 Final Project LECTURE NOTES Lecture 9: Typography in Different Medium 14/06/19 - week 11 Medium can be divided into two categories: P ri nt & Screen Type for Print  Type for print is to ensure that the text is smooth , flowing, and pleasant to read. The example are Caslon, Garamond, Baskerville are the most common used for print. It is because of their characteristic of elegant which make them highly readable in small font size. Static Typography   has minimal characteristic in expressing words. Playing with typefaces and the composition to express dynamic properties in a static way . This is mostly used in magazines, billboard  and poster. Type for Screen Due to the variation of pixels which is the resolution of different screen and the variation of different browser or devices. Some typefaces cannot be present on ...

Typography: Project 2- Font Design

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Project 2: Font Design 17/05/19 - 24/05/19 (Week 7 - Week 8) Sia Man Sheng   0333877 Typography: Project 2 LECTURE NOTES Lecture 6: Text/ Formatting Text 17/05/19 - week 7 In this lecture, we did learn about basics of text formatting: Kerning is the automatic adjustment of space between letters.  The additional or removal of space between letters known as " Tracking ".  There are loose tracking, normal tracking and tight tracking.  In order to identify words and letters, we need some space between two words and removal of space between letters to make it readable.  When talk about text formatting, there is flush left, centred, flush right and justified . Each have different uses but the most often used is flush left as all the text start at the same point. Spaces between words are consistent throughout the text, creating an even grey value. The main purpose of typographers job is to enhance the writer's message and make it clear, appropr...