Typography - Final Compilation and Reflection
25th August 2021 - 24th November 2021 / Week 1 - Week 14
Name: Isaac Yaw Wai Zac (0343197)
Course: Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
Module: Typography // Mr. Vinod & Mr. Charles
Final Compilation & Reflection
INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW
Task 1 - Type Expression & Text Formatting (Blog)
(Creating a well-designed format to express a word together with a simple animation)
Task 2 - Typographic Exploration & Communication (Blog)
(Creating a 2-paged text with necessary design format and limited graphical elements)
Task 3A - Typeface Construction (Blog)
(Designing a personal typeface design that is downloadable and can be used across all platforms)
Task 3B -Type Design & Communication (Blog)
(Creating a greeting sticker and animating it to be used as a Telegram sticker)
FINAL SUBMISSIONS
Task 1: Exercise 1 - Type Expression (Blog)
(25th August 2021 - 15th September 2021)
-12 hours spent-
Figure 1.1: Task 1 sketch overview (25th August 2021 - Week 1)
Figure 1.2: Task 1 Exercise 1 final submission in JPG (8th September 2021 - Week 3)
Figure 1.3: Task 1 Exercise 1 final submission in PDF (8th September 2021 - Week 3)
Figure 1.4: Animated Type Expression 'POUR' final submission (22nd September 2021 - Week 5)
Task 1: Exercise 2 - Text Formatting (Blog)
(15th September 2021 - 22nd September 2021)
-12 hours spent-
Figure 1.4: Task 1 Exercise 2 final submission in JPG (15th September 2021 - Week 4)
Figure 1.5: Task 1 Exercise 2 final work breakdown in JPG (15th September 2021 - Week 4)
<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yhPyitBKlQbPBv1CL_fX-SiHSw9BEHnx/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>
Figure 1.6: Task 1 Exercise 2 final submission in PDF (15th September 2021 - Week 4)
Duration overview (Task 1 Exercises 1 & 2):
Research - 2 hours
Sketches - 2 hours
Digitising - 8 hours
Animating - 3 hours
Kerning and Tracking - 4 hours
Documenting in Blogspot - 5 hours
Total - 24 hours
Task 2: Typographic Exploration and Communication (Blog)
(22nd September 2021 - 13th October 2021)
-20 hours spent-
Figure 2.1: Task 2 sketch overview (22nd September 2021 - Week 5)
Figure 2.2: Task 2 final submission in JPG (6th October 2021 - Week 7)
<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/15bq2OzMn7jUYTOaJrX1UkpLnuB43I4SV/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>
Figure 2.2: Task 2 final submission in PDF (6th October 2021 - Week 7)
Duration overview:
Research - 1 hour
Sketches - 1 hour
Digitising - 8 hours
Kerning and Tracking - 5 hours
Documenting in Blogspot - 5 hours
Total - 20 hours
Task 3A: Typeface Construction (Blog)
(6th October 2021 - 27th October 2021)
-18hours spent-
Figure 3.1: Task 3A sketches overview (10th October 2021 - Week 7)
Figure 3.2: Task 3A 'MINITAL' typeface overview in JPG (24th October 2021 - Week 9)
Figure 3.3: Task 3A 'MINITAL' typeface overview in JPG (24th October 2021 - Week 9)
<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mex4grC0G-hVtJMpdOxq1k_a_9MGx4kZ/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>
Figure 3.4: Task 3A 'MINITAL' typeface overview in PDF (24th October 2021 - Week 9)
Figure 3.5: Task 3A 'MINITAL' poster submission in JPG (24th October 2021 - Week 9)
<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kABxsoBR-IwSaIkkOyiXevrPoh1Vo58u/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>
Figure 3.6: Task 3A 'MINITAL' poster submission in PDF (24th October 2021 - Week 9)
Figure 3.7: Task 3A 'MINITAL' poster extra submission in JPG (24th October 2021 - Week 9)
<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t6PkbhW1DVdTEFyPurSH75hRNHYfQsF3/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>
Figure 3.8: Task 3A 'MINITAL' poster extra submission in PDF (24th October 2021 - Week 9)
Type here to test the typeface out!
The letters and punctuations available are a i m e p y t g d o b ! , . )
Duration overview:
Research - 1 hour
Sketches - 1 hour
Digitising - 9 hours
HTML coding - 1 hour
Poster development - 2 hours
Documenting in Blogspot - 4 hours
Total - 18 hours
Task 3B: Typographic Exploration and Communication (Blog)
(22nd September 2021 - 13th October 2021)
-28 hours spent-
Figure 4.1: Task 3B sketches overview (1st November 2021 - Week 11)
Figure 4.2: Task 3B final B&W sticker submission in JPG (15th November 2021 - Week 13)
<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S03uv8jtOAuqWnyCalsloW9A_4yDlI8A/preview" width="640" height="480" allow="autoplay"></iframe>
Figure 4.3: Task 3B final B&W sticker submission in PDF (15th November 2021 - Week 13)
Figure 4.4: Task 3B final coloured sticker submission in JPG (15th November 2021 - Week 13)
Figure 4.5: Task 3B final coloured sticker submission in PDF (15th November 2021 - Week 13)
Figure 4.6: Task 3B final animated sticker submission in GIF (15th November 2021 - Week 13)
Figure 4.7: Task 3B animated sticker demo in Telegram (15th November 2021 - Week 13)
Figure 4.8: Task 3B extra sticker submission in JPG - with gradient (15th November 2021 - Week 13)
Figure 4.9: Task 3B extra sticker submission in JPG - with gradient (15th November 2021 - Week 13)
Duration Overview:
Research - 2 hours
Typeface selection - 1 hour
Digitising - 6 hours
Troubleshooting for Ae extension - 4 hours (bruh)
Animating - 5 hours
Documenting in Blogspot - 9 hours
Total - 28 hours
REFLECTION
Experience
Typography was a challenging but fun one nonetheless. I choose this design module as I think that it could help me out with my creativity in all kinds of daily activities. I was not ready for it at first as it was a very new environment for me in the first few weeks. It was relatively challenging in my opinion, for the first 2 tasks (task 1 & task 2). Maybe because I was not used to this environment even though I like this module. With the help of my peers, we managed to get along pretty well and had discussions from time to time when there is a new task. This made the experience for Typography a lot more fun and interesting and I was extremely motivated in completing tasks 3A and 3B. Overall, I had a fun experience throughout this semester for this module. Not to forget, Mr. Vinod and Mr. Charles made the class pretty interesting, hehe. It was a tiring roller coaster ride because of the heavy workload and adding to it with the high expectations from both our lecturers.
Observations
Throughout this module, I learned to observe closely all the details that could affect our designs specifically in typefaces, and graphical elements. This taught me how to observe the things around me whether they include design elements or not which I think is a good feature/skill to learn. This would also further allow me to write better in the future through different mediums as I am more aware of what kind of mistakes to avoid or elements to include to attract attention by creating a well-planned and designed artwork or even in just the simple daily routine, like writing.
Findings
With a lot of research and findings done throughout this semester, I get to understand more about the fundamentals of typography and understanding the need for certain elements when it comes to anything related to design. Upon understanding all the rules throughout all the lectures provided by Mr. Vinod and Mr. Charles, I slowly understood the importance of them although they may not look prominent or obvious previously. Now, I get to see a design with typography elements in it and I get to extract the good and bad aspects/principles contained in it. Not to forget, findings throughout this semester also include looking out for inspirations from my peers and their designs. This healthy relationship really builds a good platform for design explorations and findings together as we all share the same tasks, but with different outcomes based on our creativity.
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