Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Words and Definitions

constraints:
use 1 of 5 traditional typeface classifications
create a two page spread on a landscape legal page that defines a word both verbally and through a visual reinforcement of meaning
use two typefaces on your page
read the following page:

(We will do this project twice, once with a classic typeface and once with a novelty font)




Art Gallery Visit

Scott Campbell
Echo Visions
(2010)
Screen Print

I was attracted to this piece because of the amazing colors and how they worked together.  After my initial observance of the piece, I then appreciated the repetition of the image and the image that appears behind the first.  The multiple images worked together to create a really interesting and evoking piece.  I could look at this piece for awhile just because it is so visually captivating and interesting.


Scott Campbell
The National
(2010)
Screen Print

Transformed from a piece of art into a poster is really interesting.  It still creates the same feel to it, and I actually do not mind the blue text at the top of the poster. I personally would have done black or something of that nature, but blue really does work.  Everything still ties together, and the original image is not lost, but strengths and represents the poster well, I think.


Nip / Tuck
Albert Exergian

Admittedly, I did not grasp the concept of this at first.  It took a few giggles in the gallery to finally see what this poster was about.  It is so abstract, simple, yet so representative and obvious.  I love the combination of all these elements to create such a fun and unique poster.  It is one of my favourites of the  gallery as such :).

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Project: Type On Disc (Booklet) Rough

Create a booklet for a CD containing both the True Type and Open Type (.TTF and OTF.) versions of a typeface.

This booklet should display a minimum of three members of the type family (roman, italic, and bold) and give background information on both the typeface designer and the typeface itself, situating the importance of the typeface and typographer historically.

There should be a minimum of 200 words of historical information.

You may use black, white, and two colors.

The alphabet must be represented in upper and lowercase its entirety in roman, italic, and bold.

There is not a size (and consequently not a page number) specification for the booklet, other than that it must hold a CD. That gives us a minimum size specification of 4.75"

One page must contain a letter whose height (either cap-height or x-height, depending on the case) is 4.75".

There should be an image of the original typeface.


BLACKLETTER:
Fraktur
Cloister Black
Goudy Text

OLDSTYLE:
Bembo
Caslon
Dante
Garamond
Janson
Jenson
Palatino

TRANSITIONAL:
Baskerville
Bulmer
Georgia
Joanna
Perpetua
Times Roman

MODERN:
Bell
Bodoni
Caledonia
Didot
Modern No. 20
Torino
Walbaum

EGYPTIAN, SLAB SERIF, or SQUARE SERIF:
Century
Clarendon
Lubalin Graph
Memphis
Rockwell
Serifa

SANS SERIF:
Akzidenz Grotesk
Grotesque
Gill Sans
Franklin Gothic
Frutiger
Futura
Helvetica
Meta
News Gothic
Optima
Syntax
Trade Gothic
Univers


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