TYPE SESSION
Today we had a type session with Graham he first began the session by discussing some basic type history.
We discussed as a group
- Gutten Berg printing press http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg
- Internet - Revolution
- There will be a bigger revolution
Type Terminology (notes)
- William Massey
- We looked at the type terminology of the letters
- We discussed the 'shape of the word you read'
- Classification / Linotype
- Black Letter - Gothic Hand written
- Decorative pictorial - Hand written
- Roman nineteenth century vernacular
- Construction
- Shape proportion
- Modelling
- Weight
- Terminations
- Key Characteristics
We did two small tasks in the session the first was use a typeface we had chosen to best represent ourselves.
I chosen BEBAS NEUE and made it bold i like to think i am a confident person and loud i think this font represents that yet its still approachable and not to harsh.
The second task we were assigned a job title and asked to make a business card using type to best describe our role. My job title was 'Window Cleaner' I decided to use a large bubble like typeface to represent soap or water. I wanted the rest of the typefaces on the business card to be playful and approachable as a window cleaner is a manual labourer job.
I found the session really helpful although i already apply appropriate typefaces to my work this session helped me understand the strength of using typefaces alone without imagery or info graphics and the impact they can have.
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