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Typography Task 3B: Type Design and Communication

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03 Nov 2021 - 14 Nov 2021 (Week 11 - Week 13) Zetie Binti Bahaman / 0351297 / BDCM Typography Task 3(B): Type Design & Communication LECTURES All lectures have been completed in Typography Task 1/Exercises. INSTRUCTIONS For Task 3B, we are to synthesize and apply the learnings in the exercises, tasks 1 and 2.  We have to express a social message, greeting, or the like in typographic form that is useful to the campus community at Taylor's University or the public at large. We were given a list of festivals to choose from and I picked Halloween.  Task 3B: Type Design & Communication 1. Visual Research Fig 1.0 Moodboard, Week 10 (27/10/2021) Since Halloween is the festival I chose, I looked up some inspiration photos from Pinterest. Almost all references had a pumpkin in them. I thought of adding some variation hence, the howling wolf/werewolf is added to the board. Fig 1.1 Typefaces Test, Week 10 (27/10/2021) I tested out some typefaces and compiled the ones th...

Typography Task 3A: Type Design and Communication

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13 Oct 2021 - 27 Oct 2021 (Week 8 - Week 10) Zetie Binti Bahaman / 0351297 / BDCM Typography Task 3(A): Type Design & Communication LECTURES All lectures have been completed in Typography Task 1/ Exercises. INSTRUCTIONS For Task 3A, we are to construct a typeface for the letters a i m e p y t g d o b ! , . This task will be using Adobe Illustrator and FontLab7. We will deconstruct an existing typeface among the 10 typefaces and use it as a reference. Task 3: Type Design & Communication 1. Research Fig 1.0 Typeface Inspiration, Week 7 (6/10/2021) I put together a bunch of styles of typeface that I wanted to recreate. It's leaning towards a san-serif type but I'm still deciding between a bulky or minimal style. 2. Sketches Fig 1.1 Sketches for letter O, Week 8 (13/10/2021) I was having trouble brainstorming for ideas so I decided to start sketching the letter 'o'. I felt that this helps to set the style of the rest of the letters. Note:*The purple stars indica...