Shoot the serif was the first game I played which made me realize I have little to no clue what serif fonts are. At first, I would only pick the fonts that looked like they were curled or majorly emphasized until I realized that the fonts that looked like Times New Roman were actually serif fonts. I think this game helped me understand that embellishments are what make up serif fonts but you have to be careful in determining the “professionalism” behind some of the sans serif fonts. I played probably around five rounds, with my highest score being 23, but kept running out of time because it was difficult for me to remember what a serif font actually is.
Next, I chose to play Type Connection. I had so much fun playing this game because it was humorous to read the descriptions for the fonts and see how they matched with how the font looked. It was harder than I thought to match the two fonts, as I chose to match the Archer font with something that was the opposite of it. Three tries later I finally was able to correctly match it and after reading the description I could see how the two merged together to be perfect opposites. Remembering to match the fonts based on their style helped and then I was able to see the Archer and Eurostyle fonts both mentioned their shapes/geometric patterns. I can definitely see the connection between fonts and their audiences through Type Connection.
And finally, I played Kern Type. This was insanely difficult and challenging but I enjoyed getting to learn how much work actually goes into typography. The best score I got was 85/100, which I honestly wasn’t expecting. This made me think from the perspective of a typographer and made me wonder if they have a set of rules and codes when they have to format fonts. How do they know how much spacing the leave in between letters? Is the spacing the same for all fonts? Before this game, I used to think most fonts were just automated from a computer and didn’t need much work except downloading them. This was my favorite game out of the three I chose because it took so much more work to get a perfect score. Not only that, but it made me realize there is more to typography than what a computer does.
