After watching, Introduction to Typography on the Introduction to Graphic Design video, I was left extremely confused. I never imagined there would be rules and different terminology for typography. The games provided helped clear my confusion and even became a little addicting. I started off with my personal favorite, Shoot the Serif. When I first started playing… Continue reading Typography Games
For this assignment, we had to take pictures of signs, images, etc. that we saw during our daily endeavors and find elements in them that we look for (or don’t look for!) in design. The first sign I found was in Gaylord, and is a poster advertising the upcoming career development fair. I thought that […]
Walking around OU’s campus, I was able to find plenty of fliers, signs and ads that portray one of the design concepts we learned about this week. Here’s what I found: Color: I found a poster ad that I thought represented color quite well. The ad says “Chill.” and the color of it is light […]
The first game I played was Shoot The Serif. I took a class in high school where knowing the difference between serif and san serif fonts was very important. I found this game fun because I was so good at it. I never had to stop and think of which letters to “shoot” because I […]
The three typography games I decided to play were Shoot the serif, Type War and Kern Type. I was interested to see if I would enjoy playing these types of games considering I never knew games existed for typography! Shoot the serif was an extremely fun, competitive arcade game that I truly enjoyed playing! In this […]
This week, the typography games I decided to play were Shoot the Serif, Type War, and Kern Type. The first thing I noticed about these games was… they are hard! I definitely was no pro at choosing fonts and didn’t realize how little I knew on them. That being said, I also didn’t realize how […]
For this exercise, we were challenged to play with fonts; this meant recognizing them (or shooting them!), playing matchmaker and deciding which fonts looked best together, and kerning words in order distribute them in the most effective way possible. During the first game, Shoot the Serif, I quickly realized similarities between letters that were serif […]
Writing with Clarity Better: Hang the Westbrook jersey in the close. Poor: Hang the jersey in the closet with Westbrook on the back. Reducing Clutter Poor: The dancer bought not one but two pairs of pointe shoes. Better: The dancer bought both pairs of pointe shoes. Sentence Variety Poor: The Firebird is premiering on November … Continue reading Writing effectively →
The three typography games that I played were “Type Connection”, “Kern Type” and “Type War”. All three of these games really did make me notice how different or similar the fonts are. The “Type Connection” game was interesting because there were storylines behind the different fonts. My first date was opposites attract with ITC Century … Continue reading Typography →
As you go through life, you’ll find that art is everywhere. Whether you’re cooking dinner, walking…
