Studio Task: We
put up all of our pre – prepared “who are you” A4 sheets on the wall.
Conclusions we
made from observation:
- Distance
affects both readability & legibility
- All on one line
would make it more readable
- Script fonts
are less readable when enlarged.
- The line length
impacts on the readability of a font
- Whenever we print
something out it is better to look at them from a distance before judging
readability and legibility.
- Roman fonts are
designed for body copy
- Block fonts work
better larger scale, and mainly for headers and sub headers.
Second class
task:
We used some of
our printed letterforms to form variations. Fred instructed us to change the
thickness of stem & counter size. We were also asked to draw our letters in
light, regular and bold.
Unfortunately, due to a memory card crash, I have lost
the photos of my letter forms. Here is an example of someone elses in the
class, in order to show the process:
What I learnt from the process:
Drawing out type by hand is a difficult and complicated process, especially when dealing with curves. It is vital to have the correct materials with you in order to aid this, such as sharp fine liners at a variety of sizes, a compass, a ruler, pencils and a french curve.
