Typography

 

Overview

The project was to type our name in a serif style font and put extra thought into the font. You had to look at each letter of your name and find 10 different parts of the font. Beforehand, we took notes on different types of fonts and the characteristics of that font, so we would know what to look for. Mostly everything that was in my notes, I used in the project.

What I Learned

Before even starting the project, I learned that there's certain types of fonts, also known as typefaces. The main typefaces are; Sans-Serif, Serif, and Decorative. In the project, I used Serif. The Serif typeface has brackets and serifs in the font, as you can see above in my name. Sans-Serif fonts don't use serifs or brackets, but still remain very simple and straight. Sans-Serif is most likely to be used in essays/papers. The decorative typeface should never be used to write essays. Decorative fonts are a lot more distinct and stands out. The decorative typeface is mainly used in advertising and posters. Overall, I know a lot more about fonts now.

How It Went

It was easy at first, when all we had to do was type our name and put a couple lines through it and label them as x-height, cape height, and baseline. After that, it was challenging. My name is Connor, which was unfortunate for the project because my name has a lot of the same letters. My name only has 4 different letters, so it was hard finding enough parts of each letter to label.