Typography Journal Week #6

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Post #1

This a beautiful of of typography because it composes excellent kerning, the ligatures and the ornaments complement the design and the emphasis on the 'R' really makes the piece complete. The use of color symbolizes status showing gold meaning rich, good quality and high class. There's this transition from small to large from the ends to the center which gives it more unity.

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Post #2

This a great example of using different typefaces in a single design. We can see how script, serif, italic and sans serif are utilize in the design keeping it beautiful and simple. Even thought there is some distortion on the last two typefaces, the design still keeps a good image and the use of the feather really enhances the beauty of the design. 

Typography Journal Week #5

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Post #1

First of all, there is poor arrangement of the words. The hierarchy is horrible which barely distinguishing the titles. The Excessive enlargement of the initials is irritating and confusing.  The kerning in the tittle is the only thing that really stands out and it was done this way to squeeze it inside the sign. 

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Post #2

Typography Journal Week #4

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Post #1

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Post #2

Using to many different fonts like this is a really bad practice because it kills the readability completely and creates a lot of confusion. Some variety is good but this an example of too much variety. its bad for the reader to really understand the message and even worse for the designer for having such a bad habit. 

Exercise - Hierarchy

Use the same type, size and weight

Use the same type, size and different weights

Use different type size and different weights

Use different size, weights and varied letter spacing for emphasis

Use and interpretive manipulation of type to reinforce the message

Typography Journal Week #3

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Post #1

The black contour is not as bad as the font itself but all least there should not be white excess around it. These are not professionally create and have no sense of definite form, unity or balance. The font has an excessive bold aspect with some sense of distorting as it was enlarged or altered. Kerning is completely fixed to create the block effect.

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Post #2

Text Alignment Assignment

Left Justify

Right Justify

Left & Right justify

Centered

Project #2 - T-Shirt Project

Sources:

Wikipedia - Frederic Goudy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Goudy

Linotype: http://www.linotype.com/396/fredericwgoudy.html

Encyclopedia Britannica: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/239950/Frederic-W-Goudy

Typographia: http://www.typographia.org/1999/graphion/goudy.html

Modern Mechanix: http://blog.modernmechanix.com/type-by-goudy/

Identifont: http://www.identifont.com/show?13B

NNDB: http://www.nndb.com/people/549/000091276/


Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/rr/rarebook/coll/099.html

Sketches:

Prototype:

Related Material

Final Design

Presentation

Frederic Goudy by Hector Santana