Font Study


Font Study


Project Overview

For this project we were assigned to write our first and/or our last name in a serif font. We were told to label 13 items. Three of those being the caps height, the x-height, and the base line. The other 10 were labels of certain parts that can be seen in a font. Overall it was a simple enough project to complete and fairly enjoyable.

What I learned about typography

During the lessons and project I discovered a large amount of information on the vast subject of typefaces. While a large portion of the lessons were over typing and how fonts are made. The rest of the lessons were devoted to a different topic: Comic Sans. We watched a few videos on why people hate Comic Sans or how it shouldn't be used. Our teacher also told us a lot on how it was made for an old version of a Microsoft browsing assistant. It was made in a couple days for a rush job and was supposed to be based off of the script fonts used in comic books. Also when Microsoft updated the assistant and didn't need Comic Sans for the new one it was simply thrown into the pile of fonts used in their many applications. Even with all the information on Comic Sans the majority of information that was learned is very useful for a person who intends to be a graphic designer.




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