Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Typography and Composition

Expressive Words:
From Designing with Type the Essential Guide to Typography:

From the list below, select 4 words and explore their expressive quality by manipulating the letterforms.  Avoid creating an illustration with the letterforms and use one of the five classic typefaces ( Garamond, Baskerville, Bodoni, Century Expanded, Helvetica)
hiccup, disoriented, dieting, inbred, tears, robotics, able, skillful, absolute, unqualified, antagonistic, uniform, affable, diffident, humble, dissident, opulent, abundant, ample, artificial, hectic, accumulate, independent, magnanimous, authoritative, miserly, cautious, petulant, charm, firm, harmonious, calm, crude, copious, jagged

Expressive Sentence:
Use a single sentence to drive the viewers eye around a page in an unconventional and expressive way.
Use a single and different type family from one of the five classic typefaces for each design.

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