26th Sep 2023 - 5th Jan 2024 (Week 1 - 14)
Sin Jun Ming (0364638)
Typography / Design in Creative Media / Taylor's University
Final Compilation & Reflection
Task 1 / Exercises - Type Expression
26th Sep 2023 - 27th Oct 2023 (Week 1-5)
Fig 1.1 Final Type Expression JPG (10 Oct 2023 - Week 3)
Fig 1.2 Final Type Expression PDF (10 Oct 2023 - Week 3)
Fig 1.3 Final Type Expression Animation GIF（10 Oct 2023 - Week 3)
Task 1 / Exercises - Text Formatting
26th Sep 2023 - 27th Oct 2023 (Week 1-5)
HEAD
Font/s: Bembo Std Bold
Type Size/s: 70pt
Leading: 48pt
Paragraph spacing: -
BODY
Font/s: Adobe Caslon Pro Regular
Type Size/s: 10pt
Leading: 12pt
Paragraph spacing: 12pt
Characters per-line: Average at 40
Alignment: Justified
Margins: 12.7mm top, 12.7mm left + 12.7mm right + 12.7mm bottom
Columns: 3
Gutter: 5mm
Fig 1.4 Final Text Formatting JPG (23 Oct 2023 - Week 5)
Fig 1.5 Final Text Formatting JPG with grids (23 Oct 2023 - Week 5)
Fig 1.6 Final Text Formatting PDF (23 Oct 2023 - Week 5)
Fig 1.7 Final Text Formatting PDF with grids (23 Oct 2023 - Week 5)
Task 2 / Typographic Exploration & Communication
31st Oct 2023 - 17th Nov 2023 (Week 6-7)
Details of my Editorial Layout
Margins: 10 mm
Gutter: 5 mm
Head
Font: Univers LT Std 47 Light Condensed, Janson Text LT Std 75 Bold, Janson Text LT Std 55 Roman and Serifa Std 55 Roman
Body
Font: Adobe Caslon Pro Regular and Bodoni Std Italic
Type Size: 10pt
Leading: 12pt
Paragraph spacing: 12pt
Characters per-line: 59
Alignment: justified
Fig 2.1 Final Editorial Spread JPG (8th Nov 2023 - Week 7)
Fig 2.2 Final Editorial Spread JPG with grids (8th Nov 2023 - Week 7)
Fig 2.3 Final Editorial Spread PDF (8th Nov 2023 - Week 7)
Fig 2.4 Final Editorial Spread PDF with grids (8th Nov 2023 - Week 7)
Task 3 / Type Design and Communication
14th Nov 2023 - 28th Dec 2023 (Week 8-12)
Download my font "Delphen" here:
Fig 3.1 Screen Grab of my fontlab process (side-bearings) (12nd Dec 2023 - Week 12)
Fig 3.3 Final Type Construction in AI (PDF) (12nd Dec 2023 - Week 12)
Fig 3.4 Final Black & White Poster (JPG) (12nd Dec 2023 - Week 12)
Fig 3.5 Final Black & White Poster (PDF) (12nd Dec 2023 - Week 12)
REFLECTION
Being the first subject that I have touched in my very first semester in Taylor's University, I have to say this is totally an amazing and challenging journey. Although all of the work required a lot of effort, the satisfaction after finishing the work is just epic and it feels great. I did learn a lot of things regarding to this subject throughout the semester and seen a lot of good work by my peers, and met some new friends too. To be honest, the whole journey is valuable as I am satisfied by my work and I am proud of my work, by that, the hard work and effort behind all of that is totally worth it.
Observation
Throughout the semester, I observed that the key of learning how to produce a piece of good design work is constantly getting feedback from the one who is experienced in this field. I think those feedback has unmeasurable value to all my design work and I really appreciate that Ms. Low was really putting effort on viewing my work with patience. Other than that, I observed that time management is really important in this industry. The time given for every task was not long, in order to finish every task on time, we need to be self-disciplined and manage our time wisely to work on every phase of our design work effectively. Moreover, although design is about creativity and thinking outside the box, there are many rules that need to be obeyed in order to ensure the quality of the design work, one of the examples is the typographic hierarchy.
Findings
Typography is an important element in graphic and UI design. Typography is not just about simple letters and alphabets, it can determine the quality of the UI design and have a great impact on it. A good piece of typographic design work usually has many tiny details that have been experimented many times, but it's not quite often mentioned by the audience.
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