Typography

For our first typography session we pretty much covered the basics- what typography is, software used, keyboard shortcuts, paper sizes, point size etc.

Some good tips that Graham gave us were these:
-Research the Gutenberg bible (1450).
-Learn keyboard shortcuts.
-Know your paper sizes.
-There are 72 points in an inch.
-The less you put on a page the better.


We were set a series of tasks to show us what can be communicated just by changing small factors in typography. First we were told to write our name in a font that we think communicates our personality.

We were then asked to type the word 'dog' in a way that communicates each of the following.

Intelligent dog.

Scared dog.

Big dog.

Friendly dog.

This was a great eye opener and I got a lot of great tips and advice. The main elements i experimented with changing this session were.. point size, font, weight, serif/ sans serif, italic/ non italic and the placement on the page.