Typography

Okay, let me start off by saying that this might be one of my all time favorite assignments. Its not everyday that your assignment involves playing games! That being said, I decided to play ALL OF THEM! From the first one I played (Poster Letters), I learned that my love of movies failed me! I completed, in total, 8 of them before I admitted defeat. While this was a sad turn of events I can confidently say I redeemed myself in the rest of the games. I think my favorite was Kern Type. I never thought it would be hard  to make sure each letter was lined and spaced evenly, but boy was I wrong. On my first attempt at the game I got a 20% on the first level, however my competitiveness kicked in and I managed a 70% on the next. By the end of the game I had managed FOUR perfect scores. I count this as a success for a first timer like me. The next game I played was Shoot the Serif, if you want a game that is going to make you scream at the computer while you quickly find the Serif letters out of the Sans-serif, then this is the game for you! I will not lie, this one took me a few rounds to get right, but after screaming and watching the seconds tick down I managed a decent score. This game showed me the differences (even the slight ones) that you can find between Serif and Sans-serif. The last one I played that I loved was Type Connection, while this game was more matching types it created a love story and showed you how to mix them. I being the overachiever that I am (:-P) got a perfect match on the first try, now I don’t know how much of that was shear luck, but I do know that it taught me that different types can interact well together to form a more cohesive design.