Typography - Task 2: Typographic Exploration & Communication

 2.5.2023 -  / Week 5 -  Week6

Nie Weiqiu / 0360239 / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media

Typography

Task 2 
LECTURES

Completed in  Typography- Task 1: Exercises




TASK 2

 I decided to do some researches for layout design ideas from Pinterest. 

Fig.2.1 Layout References (2.5.2023 - Week 5)
Fig.2.2 Layout References  (2.5.2023 - Week 5)

2. Sketches 

After doing researches, I drafted out the layouts as sketches with the headline expression I sketched out in my mind.

Fig.2.3 Layout sketches  (2.5.2023 - Week 5)


Fig.2.4 Layout sketches (2.5.2023 - Week 5)

Fig.2.5 Layout sketches (2.5.2023 - Week 5)

Fig.2.6 Layout sketches (2.5.2023 - Week 5)

3. Layout Explorations

I try to arrange my layout according to my sketch

Fig.2.7 Layout explorations (2.5.2023 - Week 5)


Fig.2.8 Layout explorations (2.5.2023 - Week 5)



4.Shortlisted Layouts



Fig.2.10 Final layout with grids - JPEG (16.5.2023 - Week 7)



Fig.2.11 Final layout without grids - JPEG (16.5.2023 - Week 7)


 

    Fig.2.12 Final layout without grids - PDF (16.5.2023 - Week 7)



Fig.2.13 Final layout with grids - PDF (16.5.2023 - Week 7)

Point size: 12 pt 

Fonts: Futura Std

Leading: 14 pt

Paragraph spacing: 14 pt

FEEDBACKS

Week 6 

General Feedback:Focus on alignment, keeping each paragraph at the same line length.


Specific Feedback:My title is not text designed, I need to image my title text.


Experience

Task 2, let us design our own pattern for the title, let us be responsible for the title to the text, let me feel very interesting, everyone has a different design because each of us has different ideas, see other people's design let me learn a lot, we can refer to each other, together to improve.


Observations

I observed how to adjust the thickness of the text, the size of the changes, the letters can spell many shapes, which makes me feel very interesting, and the variation of the text makes me feel very amazing.


Findings

When I first started designing, I found it difficult because we needed to use different elements to create a piece, and when I looked at other people's work and talked to them, I found it very interesting and it slowly made me interested in it, more inspired, and learned a lot to make my creativity better.


FURTHER READINGS





This book is the ultimate source of information and inspiration for typography. It is a record of knowledge and design from the beginnings of typography to the present. Typography is both personal and social. The intricate details of text or the bold simplicity and clarity of variable letterforms in sans serif fonts attract attention, and the effective use of typography can show a neutral effect, symbolize art or express the personality of individuals and organizations, and add characters to make type distinctive and memorable. elements and modern sensibilities into one.
offers a broad definition of typography as design for reading, whether in print or on screen.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Immersive Visual Effects

Design Research Dissertation

Information Design - Exercise