It is been a fun and productive week in Visual class. This week, we are ready to get personal.
The assignment is to define yourself in typography. It’s been a overwhelming soul research, as how subtile differences in lettering can manipulate the feeling and the message, sometimes alter it.
Top to bottom:
#1 Courier New: Above all, it is clear and stylish. Plus, it simply reminds me of a strike-on typewriter. As we gradually get used to things produced by all kinds of fancy, modern machinery, I particularly appreciate things that still resemble old-school fashion. I love it is poised with equal space and alignment, denoting a calm and fair character.
#2 Chalkduster: A contrast to Courier, chalk strokes are distressed and meant to look imperfect due to their intended emulation of natural handwriting. Surprisingly spacious yet well-balanced. The ascenders are confident, clean and somehow child-like and reminds me of good young days.
#3 Herculanum: Herculanum is a work of Swiss typeface designer Adrian Frutiger. It takes its name from the city of Pompei, and ancient Roman writings of the 1st century influenced its design confident and elegant statement. With narrow and smooth strokes, I love how willful and flexible they are, a representative of happy and elegant spirit.
I believe in classic, but not a big fan of stiff strokes.
Variations in Serfi (top to bottom) —
#4 Garamound: Old-fashion,readable and legible. Narrow stoke width denoting tone- efficient. Also, there is beauty in its uniform slab and its relationship to the bottom spur of the letters.
#5 Satisfy:this typeface gives you the look of a timeless classic with a unique modern flair. It catches your eyes, and well captured the multitude of loops in my name.
#6 Kaushan Script: Because of unrefined shapes of letters, it carries a strong and energetic vibe. With no typographical perfection, it looks more natural. The angles of the vertical strokes vary a little, and the positioning of the baselines jumps around a little, giving it a rustic and undefined feeling. When fist came across this font, I somehow think of Mexican, guacamole, to be exact.
Three expressive fonts:
