Typography - Final Compilation

 29 August 2022 - 29 November 2022 / Week1 - Week 14
Sim Jia Min 0349784
Typography / Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Exercises: Final Compilation

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LECTURES
All lecture recordings are done on exercises.

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INSTRUCTIONS

Task 1: Type Expression and Text Formatting
Task 2: Typographic Exploration and Communication (Text Formatting and Expression)
Task 3: Type Design and Communication
Special Task: Type Design and Communication (Sticker Design)

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SUBMISSIONS

Task 1: Type Expression and Text Formatting

29 August 2022 - 19 September 2022 / Week1 - Week 5

Figure 1.1: Final Type Expression (Week 3, 13/9/22)

Figure 1.2: Final Type Expression PDF (Week 3, 13/9/22)

Figure 1.3: Final animation

Figure  1.4: Final text formatting jpg clean (Week 5, 27/9/22)

Figure 1.5: Final text formatting jpg grids and lines (Week 5, 27/9/22)

Figure 1.6: Final text formatting PDF clean (Week 5, 27/9/22)

Figure 1.7: Final text formatting PDF grids & lines (Week 5, 27/9/22)

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Task 2: Typographic Exploration and Communication (Text Formatting and Expression)
4 October 2022 - 11 October 2022 / Week 6 - Week 7

Figure 2.1: Final Task 2 jpg (Week 7, 11/10/22)

Figure 2.2: Final Task 2 jpg with baseline grid (Week 7, 11/10/22)

Figure 2.3: Final Task 2 pdf (Week 7, 11/10/22)

Figure 2.4: Final Task 2 pdf with baseline grid (Week 7, 11/10/22)

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Task 3: Type Design and Communication

18 October 2022 - 1 November 2022 / Week 8 - Week 10

Click here for the "Mecha Sans" font download.

Figure 3.1: Final type design: "Mecha Sans" jpg (Week 11, 11/11/22)

Figure 3.2: Final type design: "Mecha Sans" jpg (Week 11, 11/11/22)

Figure 3.3: Final type design: "Mecha Sans" A4 Poster jpg (Week 11, 11/11/22)

Figure 3.4: Final type design: "Mecha Sans" A4 Poster pdf (Week 11, 11/11/22)

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Special Task: Type Design and Communication (Sticker Design)

Figure 4.1: Ver 2 (Final sticker design PNG)

Figure 4.2: Final sticker design PDF

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REFLECTION

Experience: Learning typography is a very special experience for me, it is glad to learn about the knowledge behind it as a beginner in learning design. The creation process of every assignment has its own challenging parts, it is essential to spend time to create every piece of them, while also need to be smart in managing the time for avoiding spending too much time on a part but ignoring the other parts. One of the most interesting parts of learning typography is definitely the typographic terminology, that is also the significant part that made me realise there are so many details behind every single letter and how are they constructed. 

Observations: I found that small details can affect everything easily. Some fonts do look the very similar and almost the same, but when zooming it and observing it closely, there are actually differences between them, such as the thickness of strokes, difference of x-height, etc. Same with arranging text layout, just a widow and orphan can easily ruin the whole layout, so focusing on small details is quite important. 

Findings: Before learning typography, I always adore some aesthetically pleasing types but never really deeply observed them, I would say learning this module has definitely improved my sensitivity to focus on the details. I also learned to be critical and sensitive with my own design, although the process is quite painful since I found it especially almost impossible to feel satisfied with my own design, but it is what makes me learn to improve.