Saturday, September 20, 2014

Week 4 - Journal Entry 4 - Six-Letter Word

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I have finally found time to finish this assignment after getting a cutting mat and fresh x-acto knife blades. Despite the clean blades, it was still difficult to get a clean cut on the letters. I distorted the characters in illustrator, which is why they do not appear to be Myriad Pro anymore. Overall,...

Week 4 - Journal Entry 3

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Because I did not include examples of good and bad typography, I am doing so now in this single post to make up for the last two entries. Below are two examples of good type and two examples of bad type. Good: The type above is good, because it is unique. Although the two terms aren't synonymous,...

Week 4 - Journal Entry 2

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In class on Thursday, the 18th, we went over illustrator and how to scan images into the computer. We also got our notepads back and continued to work on our t-shirt designs. I was actually pretty excited to get our name pads back, because it was a fun experience letter pressing them. I especially...

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Week 3 - Journal Entry 2

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We have begun to cover the anatomy of type, and the two best circle type projects in the class were voted on. Mike Pfeffer and Erica Gramm got the most votes, so congratulations to them! Their designs were very unique, and equally importantly, they were also balanced. We were fortunate to get the opportunity...

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Circle Project

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My four-letter word is "Real". The first, second, and third pictures are in uppercase, lowercase, and a hybrid of upper and lowercase, respectively. I tried to maintain the look of serifs in many of the characters. ...

Friday, September 5, 2014

Week 2 - Journal Entry 2

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In class today we continued lecture on the history of type and covered some examples. I learned about the importance of counters within letters and how they can change visually when italicized. For my t-shirt project, I randomly picked "Carol Twombly," who coincidentally through a brief search, appears...

Week 2 - Journal Entry 1 - More Examples

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In class on Tuesday, September 2, 2014, we had a lecture on the history of type and its development. Our name tags were checked for completeness. We shared links to our blogs on which we viewed and briefly critiqued each other's 6-letter word assignment. Below are a couple more examples of type that...
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