Typography/ Final Compilation & Reflection

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19/12/2023- 26/12/2023 (Week 13 — Week 14)

Kim Seoyoon/ 0357755

GCD 60104/ Typography/ Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University

Final Compilation & Reflection

TASK 1/ Exercises

26/09/2023- 24/10/2023 (Week 01 — Week 05)

Exercise 1—Type Expression

Fig 1.1 Type Expression, Week 3 (10/10/2023)


Fig 1.2 Type Expression (PDF), Week 3 (10/10/2023)

Fig 1.3 Animated Type Expression of Illusion, Week 4 (17/10/2023)


Exercise 2—Text Formatting

Fig 1.4 Text Formatting Final (JPEG), Week 5 (24/10/2023)

Fig 1.5 Text Formatting Final (PDF), Week 5 (24/10/2023)

Fig 1.6 Text Formatting Final with Grid (JPEG), Week 5 (24/10/2023)


Fig 1.7 Text Formatting Final with Grid (PDF), Week 5 (24/10/2023)

HEAD
Font/s: Univers LT Std Black Extended (Headline)/ Univers LT Std Bold (Byline) 
Type Size/s: 58pt , 90pt (Headline)/ 10pt (Byline)
Leading: 108pt (Headline)/ 12pt (Byline)
Paragraph spacing: -

BODY
Font/s: Univers LT Std Roman
Type Size/s: 8pt
Leading: 10.5pt
Paragraph spacing: 10.5pt
Characters per line: 49
Alignment: Justify with the last line aligned left

Margins: 12.7 mm top, 12.7 mm left + 12.7 mm right + 12.7 mm bottom
Columns: 5
Gutter: 4.223 mm


TASK 2/ Typographic Expression & Communication

31/10/2023- 7/11/2023 (Week 06 — Week 07)

Fig 2.1 Task 2 Final Outcome (JPEG), Week 6 (31/10/2023)


Fig 2.2 Task 2 Final Outcome (PDF), Week 6 (31/10/2023)


Fig 2.3 Task 2 Final Outcome with Grid/ Baseline (JPEG), Week 6 (31/10/2023)



Fig 2.4 Task 2 Final Outcome with Grid/ Baseline (PDF), Week 6 (31/10/2023)

HEAD
Font/s: Univers LT Std Bold (a)/ Futura Extra Bold Condensed (<0DE)/ Futura Bold Condensed (T0 BU1LD 0N AND L1VE BY)/ Gill Sans Std Italic (Headline)
Leading: - 
Type Size/s: 288pt (a)/ 119pt (<0DE)/ 83pt (T0 BU1LD 0N AND L1VE BY)/ 10pt (Headline)
Leading: -
Paragraph spacing: - 

BODY
Font/s: Gill Sans Std Regular (Body Text)/ Gill Sans Std Bold Italic (Heading)
Type Size/s: 9pt (Body Text)/ 12pt (Heading)
Leading: 11.5pt (Body Text)/ 13.5pt (Heading)
Paragraph spacing: 11.5pt
Characters per-line: 60
Alignment: Justify with last line aligned left

Margins:  12.7 mm top, 12.7 mm left + 12.7 mm right + 12.7 mm bottom
Columns: 4
Gutter: 4.223 mm

TASK 3/ Type Design & Communication

7/11/2023- 18/12/2023 (Week 07 — Week 13)


Fig 3.1 Ignite Regular screengrab on FontLab, Week 12 (12/12/2023)



Ignite Typeface Download Click Here


Fig 3.2 Final Type Construction—Ignite Regular (JPEG), Week 12 (12/12/2023)


Fig 3.3 Final Type Construction—Ignite Regular (PDF), Week 12 (12/12/2023)

Measurements

  • Ascender:736 pt
  • Cap Height: 613 pt
  • X-height: 453 pt 
  • Descender: -222 pt


Fig 3.4 A4 BW Poster WHITE (JPEG), Week 13 (18/12/2023)

Fig 3.4 A4 BW Poster BLACK (JPEG), Week 13 (18/12/2023)


Fig 3.5 A4 BW Poster (PDF), Week 12 (12/12/2023)

REFLECTION

Experience

As this was my first semester at BDCM, many things were new to me, and Typography was my most time-consuming module. However, as much as it required my time and effort into each project, I enjoyed it as much as it did. Each project allowed me to learn different aspects of knowledge about Typography, and by completing each task I was able to improve my skills and learning experience and apply them to my work to develop and enhance the quality of my tasks. Furthermore, the weekly feedback received from my lecturers, Ms Hsin Yin and Mr Vinod helped me tremendously in my design and working process, especially in the details. Their feedback kept me on the right track throughout the 14 weeks of this module as it helped me to acknowledge the right approach to the design objectives of each project. I also liked that my lecturers allowed us to express our style of uniqueness in my designs and I was able to freely explore my style through the given tasks. Overall, this module allowed me to learn various things about Typography and I enjoyed every learning opportunity throughout the weeks. I appreciate being able to learn useful knowledge on Typography and hope to be able to utilize my knowledge in future events.

Observations

Paying attention to the details was my key point of development throughout the 14 weeks of this module. I learned that every single detail applied to each element works together to create harmony in the overall outcome of my designs. This was also my opportunity to explore further Adobe tools and their functions that I did not know previously before beginning this module, especially helping myself with the guidelines and measurements that keep the consistency of the design stable. I also enjoyed seeing how other students approach the same given task in a whole different style of design for each project, this gave me a chance to learn different interesting perspectives of view and I appreciate the uniqueness of people. 

Findings

I learned that the design process is as important as the final outcome; it helps us to discover and approach the objectives in different ways and allows us to explore our creativity with different variant versions of Typography design. I also learned that to achieve an interesting design we need a good foundation of basic knowledge of Typography especially the historical development and the terminologies that allow us to enhance the quality of our works. Lastly, I am thankful for my learnings throughout the weeks and I would like to discover and explore more about Typography.

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