Typography / Final Compilation and Reflection
27/08/2021 - 26/11/2021 (Week 1 - Week 14)
Alicia Teng Yi Ling (0345159) Bachelors of Design (Honours) in Creative Media
Typography
Alicia Teng Yi Ling (0345159) Bachelors of Design (Honours) in Creative Media
Typography
Final Compilation and Reflection
INSTRUCTIONS
SUBMISSIONS
Task 01: Exercise 01 - Type Expression
27/08/2021 - 24/09/2021 / Week 01 - Week 05
Estimated Hours: 6 hours
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Fig 1.1 Final Type Expression - JPEG, Week 03 (23/09/2021) |
Fig. 1.2 Final Type Expression - PDF, Week 03 (23/09/2021)
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Fig. 1.3 Final Animated Type Expression "Terror" - GIF, Week 04 (23/09/2021) Task 01: Exercise 02 - Type Formatting 17/09/2021 - 24/09/2021 / Week 04 - Week 05 Estimated Hours: 5 hours
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Fig 1.5 Final Text Formatting - PDF, Week 05 (23/09/2021)
Task 02: Typographic Exploration and Communication
24/09/2021 - 08/10/2021 / Week 05 - Week 07
Estimated Hours: 10 hours
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Fig 2.1 Final Typographic Exploration and Communication - JPEG, Week 7 (07/10/2021) |
Fig 2.2 Final Typographic Exploration and Communication - PDF, Week 7
(07/10/2021)
Task 3A: Type Design and Communication
08/10/2021 - 29/10/2021 / Week 07 - Week 10
Estimated Hours: 14 hours
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Fig 3.1 Final Task 3A: Typeface Design Sketches, Week 09 (20/10/2021)
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Fig 3.4 Final Task 3A: Type Design and Communication "Basal" - PDF, Week
9 (24/10/2021)
Fig 3.5 "Basal" Typo Poster A4 - PDF, Week 10 (24/10/2021)
Task 3B: Type Design and Communication
29/10/2021 - 19/11/2021 / Week 10 - Week 13
Estimated Hours: 12 hours
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Fig 4.2 Final Task 3B: Type Design and Communication - PDF, Week 12 (18/11/2021)
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Fig 4.3 Final Task 3B: Type Design and Communication - GIF, Week 12 (18/11/2021) |
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Fig 4.4 Screenshot of the stickers in Telegram, Week 12 (28/11/2021) |
REFLECTION
Experience
I believe that my time in learning typography has greatly enhanced my
skills as a designer not just in understanding type but it has instilled
better analysis and an improvement in my general design process.
Personally, typography was difficult for me to grasp initially and there
were many times where I disliked my work and overall I found it hard to
continue working but that makes it a better challenge for me to overcome. Another challenge was the deadlines, honestly it felt all felt a little crammed because I worked really hard on each assignment and it felt like it was just one after the other and I really, really struggled at first and barely made it through but now I have much better time management. All in all, I appreciate learning about typography in such an extensive
manner, and going through each assignment, I believe I have picked up a
better understanding of what it means to create and utilize fonts.
Especially because I aspire to specialize in UI/UX Design in the future
and typography is such an important and large aspect of that.
Observations
After studying typography, I noticed that it's important to improve user
experience in every type of design as it helps to create harmony and
consistency, especially in brand identity and website design. My use of typography is also much better in my other modules and I have gained a strong appreciation for different types of fonts and like utilising suitable ones in my works. Additionally, I realised that I was implementing it into my life in more
ways than I thought. For example, when watching shows or looking at social
media, I tend to study the typography involved in a lot more detail and
even when I go outside, I look at product fonts and judge them heavily and
think about how they can be improved or why they are good for that
specific item.
Findings
By the end of this semester, I definitely understand that a lot more goes
into creating a font than I thought and you have to think about all the
details including readability and aesthetics and it is quite difficult to
create a font that has just the correct amount of both so it is not too
boring, or unreadable. One thing that also really stood out to me was ragging, kerning and leading! I had no idea about these factors and how much they affect the overall design and appearance of the type so they were super interesting to learn about. I also learnt that fonts are really important in
determining the type of feeling the messages you want to convey to your
audience actually feel. I found that in typography and any sort of design,
keen observation and analysis plays a big role in your design process and
greatly affects the final outcome of your work and how refined it is, so I
did my best to hone these skills and I believe they have improved my
quality of work as a designer.
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