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Graphic Design 1: Core Concepts

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Category: Part 4: Typography

Assignment 4 Feedback

by CarolinePosted onNovember 8, 2018May 22, 2019

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Unit 4 as I did not feel particularly confident about typography, so I was really happy about…

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Assignment 4: Show Me…

by CarolinePosted onOctober 15, 2018October 15, 2018

BRIEF Design the font for use on the cover of a magazine called type and write a short article for the magazine using a range…

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Exercise: Hierarchy

by CarolinePosted onSeptember 24, 2018September 24, 2018

BRIEF Using about 500 words of Lorum Ipsum (or other dummy text) design three different pages: an interview with a TV actor in a listings…

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Exercise: Lorum Ipsum

by CarolinePosted onSeptember 14, 2018September 14, 2018

Lorum Ipsum is dummy text with more-or-less normal distribution of letters tear makes it look like readable English. Ithas been used for many years and…

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Research Point: Readability & Legibility

by CarolinePosted onSeptember 10, 2018September 10, 2018

Collect as many newspapers, newsletters, magazines and brochures as you can. Start by going through them and dividing them into the ones that immediately look…

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Research Point: Vernacular Typography

by CarolinePosted onSeptember 8, 2018

Vernacular typography can be very well crafted but it can also be crudely created signs done in a hurry. Either way it is using typography…

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Exercise: If the face fits

by CarolinePosted onSeptember 8, 2018September 8, 2018

BRIEF (PART I) Create your own sample book of typefaces on your computer that you can refer to. Organise them into serif fonts, san-serif fonts,…

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Research Point: Special Characters

by CarolinePosted onAugust 18, 2018August 18, 2018

The alphabet is only part of a typeface that contains lots of different characters such as number, punctuation, mathematical and monetary symbols and ligatures. Explore…

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Exercise: A Typographic Jigsaw Puzzle

by CarolinePosted onAugust 18, 2018August 18, 2018

BRIEF This exercise is designed to help you look at typefaces more closely. You will need a sharp pencil, some tracing or thin paper and…

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Exercise: Playing With Words

by CarolinePosted onAugust 12, 2018

BRIEF Using the following words create typographical representations that present both the word and a suggestion of its meaning. SAD  SAFE  SARDONIC  SAUCY  SCHOLARLY  SERIOUS…

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