Typography - Final Compilation & Reflection
28.3.2022 - 27.6.2022 (Week 1 - Week 14)
Tan Yi-Tyng (0353327)
Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Typography
Final Compilation & Reflection
LINKS
Task 1: Type Expression and Text Formatting
Task 2:
Typographic Exploration and Communication (Text Formatting and Expression)
Task 3A: Type Design and Communication (Font Design)
Task 3B:
Type Design and Communication (Greeting Sticker Design)
SUBMISSIONS
Task 1: Exercise 1 - Type Expression
28.3.2022 - 11.4.2022 (Week 1 - Week 4)
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| Fig1.1 - Final Task 1: Type Expressions, JPEG (10.4.2022) |
Fig1.2 - Final Task 1: Type Expressions, PDF (15.4.2022)
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| Fig1.3 - Final Task 1: Animated Type Expression, GIF (17.4.2022) |
Task 1: Exercise 2 - Text Formatting
11.4.2021 - 25.4.2021 (Week 4 - Week 6)
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| Fig1.4 - Final Task 1: Text Formatting, JPG (23.4.2022) |
Fig1.5 - Final Task 1: Text Formatting, PDF (23.4.2022)
Fig1.6 - Final Task 1 - Guide and Baseline Grid, PDF (23.4.2022)
Text Formatting Details:
Font : ITC New Baskerville Std (heading & subheading), Univers LT Std
(body text)
Typeface : Bold (heading), Bold italic (subheading), Roman (body text)
Font size : 31 pt, 10 pt, 9 pt
Leading: 11pt
Paragraph Spacing: 11pt
Average characters per line : 50 ~ 56
Alignment: Justify with last line aligned left
Margins : 12.7mm (top, left, right), 65mm (bottom)
Columns : 2
Gutter (for columns) : 5mm
Task 2: Typographic Exploration and Communication
25.4.2022 - 16.5.2022 (Week 6 - Week 8)
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Fig2.1 - Final Task 2: Typographic Exploration and Communication, JPG
(15.5.2022)
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Fig2.2 - Final Task 2: Typographic Exploration and Communication, PDF
(15.5.2022)
Fig2.3 - Final Task 2: Guide and Baseline Grid, PDF (15.5.2022)
Text Formatting Details:
Font : Futura Std (heading), Janson Text LT Std (subheading), Univers LT
Std (body text)
Typeface : Heavy & Medium (heading), Bold (subheading), Roman (body
text)
Font size : 89pt & 22pt (heading), 10pt ( subheading & body
text)
Leading: 12pt
Paragraph Spacing: 12pt
Average characters per line : 45 ~ 55
Alignment: Justify with last line aligned left
Margins : 12.7mm (top, left, right), 65mm (bottom)
Columns : 2
Gutter (for columns) : 5mm
Task 3A: Type Design and Communication
16.5.2022 - 7.6.2022 (Week 8 - Week 10)
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| Fig3.1 - Final Task 3A: Font Design Sketches (20.5.2022) |
Font download:
Font Information:
Name: Aittos
Ascender height: 852pt
Capital height: 777pt
X-height: 500pt
Descender height: -277pt
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| Fig3.1 - Final Task 3A: Font "Aittos", JPEG (5.6.2022) |
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| Fig3.2 - Final Task 3A: Poster , JPEG (5.6.2022) |
Fig3.3 - Final Task 3A: Poster , PDF (5.6.2022)
Task 3B: Type Design and Communication
6.6.2022 - 22.6.2022 (Week 11 - Week 13)
Link for sticker pack: https://t.me/addstickers/tyngsticker
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| Fig 4.1 - Final Task 3B: Sticker in Black and White, PNG (21.6.2022) |
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| Fig4.2 - Final Task 3B: Sticker with Colour, PNG (21.6.2022) |
Fig 4.3 - Final Task 3B:Type Design and Communication , PDF (21.6.2022)
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| Fig4.4 - Final Task 3B: Screenshot of the stickers in Telegram (20.6.2022) |
REFLECTION
Experience
My experience in studying this module was good and very memorable. When I
first started this semester, I only had very little knowledge about
typography, so these all are new to me. Although it was difficult and time
consuming at first, as I got used to the theories and techniques, I can
feel the difference. I learned many things from this Typography class,
including how to make a professional editorial layout, create my own font,
make a typographic sticker, etc. Sometimes I find it difficult to complete
the tasks at hand, but I also feel helped by the instructions, information
and knowledge given by Mr Vinod clearly and in detail. Furthermore, I got
many useful feedback from Mr Vinod, which helped me to improve my work
better. At the same time, when listening to Mr Vinod comment on my
classmate's works during the feedback session did also helps me a lot. I
realize that learning typography throughout these 14 weeks has greatly
enhanced my skills as a designer not just in understanding type, but it
has instilled better analysis and an improvement in my general design
process. Overall, it was a very challenging class, but I feel very
satisfied, realizing that I managed to complete all my work.
Observations
There are several things that I have observed during my 14 weeks of
studying typography. Firstly, I observe that typography plays an important
role in all aspects. Choosing the right typeface and utilizing type
expressions can make a huge impact on the design. Even how small things
like kerning, alignments, and overshoots will affect the whole design.
When I was taught about the anatomy of type, I started to be able to
observe and analyze the nuances of the font typefaces characteristics
easily. I noticed that actually countless typefaces have their own
uniqueness and it's very amazing to know that. After learning this module,
helped me realize that every design we see everywhere, in a website,
advertisement or packaging, was all created by people who put a lot of
effort and time into it.
Findings
I discovered that there is one crucial thing, which is progress. When
documenting our progress, we can see how we detailly complete each task in
every stage. Having a lot of progress to look at and compare them with
each other helps me to notice the little details and mistakes I made and
what I can do to improve them. For me, I felt tough at first as I'm not
used to screenshot all my processes and recording them down, I was kind of
muddle on handling it, and the information are messy, but compared with
now, I'm glad that I'm getting right in track to keep all my work
systematically. I found that typography is not as simple as I thought.
There is a lot of history behind it and a lot of effort that must be done
to achieve the fonts that we meet today. Especially after learning to make
fonts and deconstructing reference fonts, I really appreciate every font
that has been created. Through this module, I found that by understanding
the disciplines of typography and how the software work, I could improve
my overall design skill. I am very grateful that I got the opportunity to
learn this typography class.
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