TYPOGRAPHY [ EXERCISES ]
TASK 1
Latifah Zarrina Mochtar [ 0346270 ]
INTRODUCTION & LECTURES
Our lecturer, Mr Vinod introduced us to Adobe Illustrator and the basics. Our first task is to create "Typeface" and expressions using 4 to 6 diffrent words.
Week 01
It was our first Typography class and we were introduced to our Lecturers Mr Vinod and Mr Shamsul. Mr Vinod brief us about the module, including our task; Type Expression where we express the meaning or variation of the word using the 10 type families which have been provided by Mr Vinod. We proceed our lecture by Mr Shamsul who thought us how to use Adobe Illustrator
Week 02
Mr Vinod and Mr shamsul continue giving us feedback from out type expression and Mr Vinod later continue lecture us about the early type development
HISTORY OF LETTERFORMS
Pictograph is made up of 26 symbols, each one representing a specific sound made in human speech. Each one of these symbols has a history, having evolved over thousands of years. Earlier incarnations did not represent sounds but were actually pictures, depicting their subject. Still others were symbols for ideas.
The Phoenicians developed a simplified writing system around 1200 B.C.E. wherein the symbols would instead represent sound. This cut the necessary number of symbols down to a much more manageable amount. These letters could be written quickly and were much easier to learn.
The Phoenicians were traders and merchants, in need of a simple way of tracking their commerce. Their alphabet, consisting of 20 simple marks, accomplished this with aplomb.
This alphabet had no vowels, and was the ancestor to not only ours, but to that of Hebrew and Arabic. The Phoenicians read from right to left.
Around 800 B.C.E., the Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet. They saw this form of writing as a means to preserving the knowledge they held so dear. They added vowels, reversed the orientation of reading and standardized the letterforms. By 403 B.C.E., the Greeks had a cleaned-up alphabet of all capital letters.
Early capital letters were often inscribed into stone or marble. They were thus designed with as few curved strokes as possible, to simplify the process.
The Romans adopted the Greek alphabet and reformulated some letters. They added F and Q right off the bat, and gave the letters simplified names, much like ours have today. They also had only capital letters for a long time.
At the time, the reed pen was in use, a tool which is held at an angle (or cant) to the page. This is what creates the variation in the line, and it had a great deal of influence on the formation of the lower case letters to come.
The Phoenicians developed a simplified writing system around 1200 B.C.E. wherein the symbols would instead represent sound. This cut the necessary number of symbols down to a much more manageable amount. These letters could be written quickly and were much easier to learn.
The Phoenicians were traders and merchants, in need of a simple way of tracking their commerce. Their alphabet, consisting of 20 simple marks, accomplished this with aplomb.
This alphabet had no vowels, and was the ancestor to not only ours, but to that of Hebrew and Arabic. The Phoenicians read from right to left.
Around 800 B.C.E., the Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet. They saw this form of writing as a means to preserving the knowledge they held so dear. They added vowels, reversed the orientation of reading and standardized the letterforms. By 403 B.C.E., the Greeks had a cleaned-up alphabet of all capital letters.
Early capital letters were often inscribed into stone or marble. They were thus designed with as few curved strokes as possible, to simplify the process.
The Romans adopted the Greek alphabet and reformulated some letters. They added F and Q right off the bat, and gave the letters simplified names, much like ours have today. They also had only capital letters for a long time.
At the time, the reed pen was in use, a tool which is held at an angle (or cant) to the page. This is what creates the variation in the line, and it had a great deal of influence on the formation of the lower case letters to come.
[ INSTRUCTION ]
EXERCISE 1 [ TypeFace ]
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EXERCISE 2 [ TypeFace Animation ]
we are assigned to animate one of our typefaces/type expressions. The word i choose is bloom, since it looks easier to animate. I'm still not fond with animating in AI but i know how to animate in photoshop. i want to make the BL(OO)M word rise just like how flowers bloom.
EXERCISE 3 [ Text Formating ]
EXERCISE 4 [ Text Formating 2 ]
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