Assignment One: Part Two Roughs

Hello.


Here is my second set of roughs. A little better I feel, and more in the direction of elements of design used a little more..... correctly. Where this project is going is a surprise, but I look forward to it. :)


Enjoy

Type Assignment One

This was a very interesting/hard assignment. We used six elements of design and one letter to do the project. The idea was to use one letter, or part there of, to portray different elements of design. I am not sure if my attempt was very "skill-full", but I do know that I understood the elements of design.(Thanks to 2D design).

 

Good Vs. Bad Typography

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What makes "good" typography or "bad" typography? I am still not 100% sure, but after some Internet browsing I came across a theory that reminded me of the importance of one principle of design directly: balance. Balance is described as  the distribution of visual weight of design elements within a composition. The equilibrium of opposing or interacting forces in a pictorial composition. A website described that the spacing between the letters of the first "flybwebmaster" is not equal in the first "flywebmaster".  This, in my opinion, is related directly towards balance. Therefore, unlike the "good",  the word is broken up to read fl-ywe-mas-ter, instead of one word flywebmaster. BUT, then I thought of how balance could be used in a "good" way to break up spacing intentionally to trick the eye. So I am still somewhat lost on good versus bad, I guess maybe it all comes back to the use of positive and negative space. 

I am very new to theories and applications behind typography in design and am looking forward to expanding my knowledge on the subject this semester. I know there is an entire psychology behind type..... looking forward to learning more.