Typography/Task 2

29/08/2022 - 29/09/2022

 (week 1 - week 4)
Justin Averill Prasetya / 0355048

GCD60104 / BDCM / The Design School
Task 2

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LECTURES

Lectures: https://justindesigncr.blogspot.com/2022/08/typographyexercise.html 

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INSTRUCTIONS

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Task 2 Typographic Exploration & Communication

In this task you will be asked to express typographically the content in this link in a 2-page editorial spread (200mm x 200mm per page). Choose 1 from the 3 text options provided. No images are allowed. However, some very minor graphical elements, i.e. line, shade, etc. might be allowed.

Learning Goals:
1. To demonstrate the use of Grids, layouts and page flow.
2. To apply the necessary skills and sensibilities for effective typographic communication and achieve good reading rhythm with memorability.

• Sketch

We're provided with 3 text and we need to choose 1 for the typographic exploration and communication 

Fig 2.1.1 (Sketch) Week 5  29/09/2022)

• Digital Layout And Text Formating

Text Formating and Digitalisation the layout using adobe illustrator and indesign

Fig 2.2.1 ( Indesign Process) Week 5  29/09/2022)

Fig 2.2.2 ( Indesign Process) Week 5 29/09/2022)

• Type Expressions 

I used a html code as the reference for the type expressions.

Fig 2.3.1(Ai Process) Week 6 3/03/2022)

Fig 2.3.2 (Type Expressions) Week 6 3/03/2022)

• Draft Layout

Layout 2 Fig 2.4.1 Week 7 08/10/2022)

Layout 2 Fig 2.4.2 Week 7 08/10/2022)

Layout 3 Fig 2.4.3 Week 7 08/10/2022)

Layout 3 Fig 2.4.4 Week 7 08/10/2022)

FInal Layout Fig 2.4.5 Week 7 08/10/2022)

• Final Layout

1. :Font/s: Futura Std Bold : Heading Futura, Std Roman: Body 
2. Type Size/s: 10 : Body
3. 12: Sub Heading 
4. Leading: 12: Body
5. 14: Text below the Heading
6. Paragraph spacing: 12
7. Alignment: Left Align 
8. Columns: 2
9. Gutter: 5 mm
10. Average Character Per Line: 56

 Fig 2.5.1(Final Layout) Week 7 08/10/2022)

Fig 2.5.2 (Final Layout with guides and grids) Week 7 08/10/2022)

Fig 2.5.3 (PDF Final Layout) Week 7 08/10/2022)

Fig 2.5.3 (PDF Final Layout WITH GUIDES AND GRID) Week 7 08/10/2022)

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FEEDBACK

Week 6: 

Specific Feedback: The feedback given is my layout is too much and i should reduce the amount of line in there

General Feedback: The Sketches must be digitalised and for the next week we should ready more layout to review

Week 7

Week 7 is a public holiday but mr vinod arranged meeting for us from 8-8.30 am and the feedback are : Fix the line length and the margins

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REFLECTIONS

Experiences:  This project makes me more expressive in terms of Typography but still maintain the beauty and the aesthetics of a text. To be honest i'm still struggling to create a good layout and i'm still not satisfied with my work right now. I still feel like something is missing but at least i'm still maintaining to finish this project and kept learning for the next project

Observation: I always feel not satisfied about the layout, it means i still need to learn how to create a good layout and execute it well

Findings: This task is testing our creativity an terms of type expressions but still test out knowledge about the text formatting 

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FURTHER READING

 Fig 4.1.1 

Combining Typefaces: Free guide to great typography 

By Tim Brown (Head of Typography for Adobe Typekit & Adobe Type.)

After i finished this task i read this book, This book is good for people that indecisive about font choosing and how to combine it and it help me to understand how to choose a typeface that is suitable for my text and how to combine the type of font without making it too much and not easy to read