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Project 3
For my project, I chose to do the psychedelic era and immediately when I looked up the typeface for this time period, Wes Wilson’s posters popped up including his iconic psychedelic font that he popularized. His posters are very flowy, vibrant, distorted, and jam packed so that is what inspired me to make this poster…
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Lab 2- Type Hunting
Script Classifying/Identifying features: -mimics handwriting/calligraphy -flowing and smooth appearance Serif/Roman Classifying/identifying features: -thin strokes -sharp serifs Celtic Classifying/identifying features: -embellished with multiple decorative elements and ornaments -triangular tops in the ascender elements of the letters, such as b, d, h, etc. (in Richard and Carol’s stone) Block Classifying/Identifying features: -writing in all capital letters or in large and…
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Project 1 DMA384
My Modern Serif inspired font was created in the 1780s by Firmin Didot and Giambattista Bidot. After looking at famous quotes from the 1780s, I chose a Thomas Jefferson quote from 1786, “Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost”. What did you learn? I learned…
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Project 1: Layout
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Frame 1: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star- The Gestalt Principles that I used are proximity and similarity. The smaller star at the top of the frame is distanced from the 6 bigger stars at the bottom, making it a focal point because it stands out compared to the similarity of the 6…
