Saturday, November 2, 2013

Reflection on Parts of a Letter




I thought this reading was really cool and useful. It taught us the vocabulary and technical terms for the “parts of a letter”. This will be really good when we try to identify type faces, want to talk about a type face, or even one day create our own. From now on we don’t have to say “that pointy part on the top”, we can just say the barb of the “C”. Other than knowing the technicalities, this reading also taught us how you can use counter space to make interesting logos, or play up on it like in our project. It also makes you remember how much thought and energy goes into typography. Looking at all of the tiny bits of letterform really help you think about it more deeply as a designer, and I look forward to working more with text. 

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