Advanced Typography | Task 1 (Exercises)
31.8.2022 (Week 1 ) - 10.10.2022 (Week 7 )
Nur Allyssa Nabilah Binti Mohd Nizam / 0337796 / BDCM
Advanced Typography
Advanced Typography
Task 1 (Exercises)
LECTURE
Week 1: Introduction/ Typographic Systems
Since our first ever class for this module lands on a Merdeka Public Holiday,
Mr Vinod prepared a YouTube video for us to watch so we will still be on track
with our lesson for this module.
In the video, Mr Vinod gave an explanation for our MIB (Module Information
Booklet) which talked about what are we to expect in this current module. He
then gave out our first task which he wishes to see it completed in the
following week.
What is Typographic Systems?
Typographic Systems are systems that provide a structure for designers so
they could use to organize their compositions and make them coherent. These
systems are broken down into eight major variations. Those variations are:
- Axial
- Radial
- Dilatational
- Random
- Grid
- Transitional
- Modular
- Bilateral
Axial:
- All elements are organized to the left or right of a single axis
- It does not necessarily need to be arranged in a straight line
Radial:
All elements are extended from a point of focus
Dilatational:
All elements expand from a central point in a circular fashion
Random:
Elements appear to have no specific pattern or relationship
Grid:
A system of vertical and horizontal divisions
Transitional:
An informal system of layered banding
Modular:
A series of non-objective elements that are constructed in a
standardized units
Bilateral:
All text is arranged in a symmetrically on a single axis
Week 2: Typographic Composition
Principle of Design Composition:
The principles of design composition consists of dominant principles such
as emphasis, isolation, repetition, symmetry, asymmetry, alignment and perspective
The Rule of Thirds:
- The photographic guide to composition
- It basically says that it can be divided into 3 columns and 3 rows
- The intersection lines are used as guides to place the points of interest
within the given space
Typographic Systems:
- Consists of 8 type systems
- The Grid System (aka Raster System) is the most pragmatic and most used
system
- The Grid system is also derived from the grided compositional structure of
Letter Press Printing
Other models/System
Environmental Grid:
- The exploration of an existing structure or numerous structure combined
together
- It could said as an Architectural Structure or Painting or even several
paintings
Form and Movement:
- It is an exploration of an existing grid system
- This system is develop to explore
< the multitude of options the grid offers
< to dispel the seriousness surrounding the application of the grid
Week 3: Context and Creativity
Week 4: Designing Type
INSTRUCTION
Typographical Systems
For our first ever task, Mr Vinod tasked us to watch a prerecorded
lecture on Typographical Systems. Through this video we learnt there
are 8 different systems which
are axial, radial, dilatational, random, grid, transitional, modular and bilateral.
With the knowledge in hand about the 8 systems we are assigned to
create 1 layout for each one of those 8 systems with given
information. The fonts that we have to use are 10 typefaces that were
given to us in the previous semester's module Typography.
After re watching the prerecorded lecture for the Typographic Systems.
I opened up my Adobe Indesign and experimented on the layouts for each
systems and below are the final designs for each of 8 typographic
systems.
Figure 1.1 Final Axial Layout
Figure 1.5 Final Grid Layout
Figure 1.8 Final Bilateral Layout
Type and Play Part 1
After the completion of the Typographic Systems task, Mr Vinod gave
out our next task which is Type and Play Part 1. In this task,
we are required to look for an object for example a building, a chair
or etc and then extract out letterforms from the chosen objects.
While I was having trouble deciding on what object I wanted to do, I
found a chair just in my room that I thought would work great for this
task. Below is a picture of the image of the chair shown.
Figure 2.1 My chosen object
With a chosen picture, I decided to extract out letters from the
patterns of the chair. Below is an image of the extracted words.
Figure 2.2 Letters from the chosen object
As I have already extracted out the letters, I decided to take them
out of the pattern and make them stand alone.
Figure 2.3 Extracted letters from the object
As I have received feedback from Mr Vinod, I decided to choose a
different image to work with for this exercise. After intensely
looking a new object I decided to use ramen noodles for my new image.
Below is the newly chosen image (Figure 3.1).
Figure 3.1 New Chosen Image
After I have decided to choose a new image, I started working on
tracing out letters from my chosen image. The image below ( Figure
3.2) shows the letters that I was able to trace out.
Figure 3.2 Traced Out Letters on the Chosen Image
After tracing out the letters from the images, I decided to extract it
onto an artboard to see how they all look like.
Figure 3.3 Extracted Letters from Chosen Image
I found that I really liked the letter C and feel like it gives the
springy feel of the ramen noodles. This made me decide to work around
with the letter C with all the other letters. Below is the completed
and tweaked version of my extracted letters.
Figure 3.4 Tweaked and Redid Extracted letters
What I tweaked for each letter:
C:
Left it as the original
D:
I didn't apply much changes to the letter D cause I really liked how
it looked so I just tweaked the top end of the letter D to make it
have a similar curve to the letter C.
G:
Tweaked the base of the letter G to make it look similar to the letter
C. The curve that sits between the base of the letter G I decided on
using the same curve as the bottom half of the letter S.
L:
Made adjustment to the letter L where it has the similar curve
to the bottom part of the letter C.
O:
For the letter O, I decided to combine two letter C's and make it into
a circle to form an O.
S:
Made adjustments to the letter S whereby I used two copies of the
letter C to come up with the letter S.
While looking over the letter forms that I came up with, I don't feel
too happy with how it looks so I decided to remove it from my final
submission for this exercises.
Figure 3.5 Final Submission Extracted Letters JPG
Type and Play Part 2
After the completion of Type and Play Part 1, Mr Vinod gave out our next exercise which is the second part of the Type and Play. In this exercise we are required to combine typography with an image as though the typography is part of the image following either one of the themes below:
1. Culture Prosperity - Celebration: A Totem of Renewing Festive Culture
2. Renewal of Life - Return: Contemplate human beings' relationship with all things
For this task, I decided to go with the first topic since I found that it would be easier to come up with ideas for it.
As I was walking around a mall, I was able to come up with an idea that I found was great because of how I really liked the scenery of that part of the mall. Below is the raw photo that I took of the scenery that I wish to use for this task.
Figure 4.1 Taken Photo
Before adding any typographic element into the photo that I have taken, I started to make some minor adjustments such as the brightness, contrast, saturation and removing certain objects that are unnecessary to the image. I then readjusted the photo size to the required size which is 3000 x 6000 pixels. The image below (Figure 4.2) is the updated version of the image.
Figure 4.2 Edited Image
With the image edited, I decided to start adding in the typographic elements into the image. Below is the final result of my Type and Play Part 2 exercise.
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Figure 4.3 Final Submission
FEEDBACK
Week 1:
No Feedback (Merdeka Holiday)
Week 2:
General Feedback:
No Feedback received. No work showed
Week 3:
General Feedback:
Mr Vinod looked over my Type and Play part 1 progression
Specific Feedback:
The chosen object for extraction is not a great choice.
Instead of taking certain triangles to form letters should take all
the triangles as a whole.
Week 4:
No Feedback received. No work showed.
Week 5:
No Feedback received. No work showed.
Week 7:
REFLECTION
Typographical Systems:
I found this exercise to be quite challenging because I had such a hard
time to come up with really good layouts for the texts that were
provided and with the little time we had to complete the task made this
task even more challenging.
Type and Play Part 1:
Even though this exercise was quite tough and challenging. I actually
liked the idea of this task, I found the letter extraction to be quite
fun but having to develop them into a font was a really hard and I
really wished my work could look even more better cause I'm honestly not
as satisfied with the work I have provided and I feel like the extracted
letters could be developed better.
Type and Play Part 2:
I found this exercise to be quite interesting though I initially did have trouble trying to come up with an idea. Overall I'm quite happy with the work that I came up with even though I feel like it could look even better.
FURTHER READING
Since our first ever task is about typographic systems, I decided to
choose a book in regards to the task I was doing. In the section that
I read they talked about Project Elements and Process.
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