Playing games for homework

What college student doesn’t love playing games for homework? I’ll answer that. None. It brings us back to a much simpler time. When all we had to do was read a short story, do work sheets, and practice our times tables before bed to pass the Kindergarten. Those were the days.

I started my assignment with Shoot the Serif. I thought there was no way I was going to succeed in this game. However, I realized that I can differentiate typography better than I thought. I learned quickly what fonts were NOT serif and eliminated those immediately. My first round was a bust. I didn’t realize we were being timed. My second round, I did much better than I imagined. Although my highest score was 55, I feel that I have a better understand and identification of serif fonts.

Next, I played Type Connection. I found this game to be slightly more challenging than the other two. I caught on (I think)  and was able to make a few connections with the opposite font of my primary choice. Even though I had a rough time with this one, I found that if was able to make connections (that I thought were correct) with certain fonts, I wasn’t always right. It was interesting to see what fonts made the perfect connection.

Finally, I played Poster Letters. Similar to Professor Croom, I thought this game would be a piece of cake since I love movies so much (or so I thought). I was insanely wrong. I was only able to get about 3 right. As for for the the rest, I was stumped. I never realized how much typography means to something as simple as the text of a movie title. It plays a significant role in the identification of the movie, just based on one letter.

I really enjoyed this lesson and am excited to learn more about typography!