Typography / Task 2: exercises

 9/30/2023 - 10/10/2023 (week 5 - week 7)

Abdullah Yazdan Zahid - 0367869

Bachelor of design in Creative media

Task 2: exercises

LECTURES

Refer to the last task post: https://367869.blogspot.com/2023/10/typography-task-1.html



INSTRUCTIONS

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TASK 2 -  Typographic exploration and communication

First I decided on the format I was placing the text and the title. I went through several iterations before I landed on the final one.

Fig 1.1 - Blocking out the format (11.12.2023)


I ended up using a version from the first sketch as my final composition.

Afterwards, I used Adobe illustrator to design the title. I started by using the Bodoni font and writing out the title. Then I made the word build bold and made it go over the rest of the sentence to make it look like it has been built on top of it. Afterwards, I changed the font style of 'live' to book Italicised in order to emphasize the freeflowing and sophisticated nature of life. Finally, for word 'code', I took the literal meaning of code and made binary run downwards from the 'o'.

Fig 1.2 Title design (11.13.2023)

FInally, I finalised my format after taking some advice from Vinod sir during class. He told me to use less of the space in the format and to move the text over to the right.

Fig 1.3 - Final format (11.13.2023)



HEAD
Font/s: Bodoni
Type Size/s: 85
Leading: 95

BODY
Font/s: Bembo
Type Size/s: 10 pt
Leading: 12 pt
Paragraph spacing: 3 mm
Characters per-line: 55 - 65
Alignment: Left allignment
Margins: 10 mm top, 10 mm left + 10 mm right + 10 mm bottom 
Columns: 3 
Gutter: 4 mm

FEEDBACK

Week 5 (general feedback): Make sure there are no rivers in the text.

Week 6 (Specific feedback): Utilize the blank space in your work

Week 7 (Specific feedback): Reduce Font size


REFLECTIONS


Experience: I am struggling to keep up with the workload.

Observations:  I wasnt managing my time responsibly.

Findings: I need to put more thought into my work before uploading it. 


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