Typography: Final Compilation and Reflection
Evaleez Voo Lian Yun / 0350275
Typography/ Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media
Final Compilation and Reflection
Instructions
Submissions
Task 1: Exercise 1 - Type Expression
27/08/21 - 17/09/21/ Week 1 - Week 4 (Updated again on Week 14)
24 hours
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| Fig 1.0 Final Type Expression - JPEG, Week 14 (23/11/21) |
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| Fig 1.2 Final Animated Type Expression, "Glitch" (23/11/21) |
Task 1: Exercise 2 - Text Formatting
17/09/21 - 24/09/21/ Week 4 - Week 5
5 hours
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| Fig 1.3 Final Text Formatting Layout, JPEG, Week 5 (24/09/21) |
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Task 2: Typographic Exploration and Communication
27/09/21 - 08/10/21/ Week 6 - Week 7
10 hours
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| Fig 1.4 Final Typographic Exploration and Communication, PDF, Week 7 (5/10/21) |
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Task 3A: Type Design and Communication
10/10/21 - 29/10/21/ Week 8 - Week 10
18 hours
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| Fig 1.5 Task 3A Font Design Sketch 1 (15/10/21) |
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| Fig 1.6 Task 3A Font Design Sketch 2 (15/10/21) |
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| Fig 1.7 Final Task 3A: Type Design and Communication "Kaduki", JPEG, Week 10 (28/10/21) |
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| Fig 1.8 "Kaduki" Typo Poster, A4, JPEG, Week 10 (28/10/21) |
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Task 3B: Type Design and Communication
25/10/21 - 19/11/11/ Week 10 - Week 13
20 hours
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| Fig 1.9 Final Task 3B: Type Design and Communication B&W Sticker, PNG, Week 13 (18/11/21) |
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| Fig 2.0 Final Task 3B: Type Design and Communication Coloured Sticker, PNG, Week 13 (18/11/21) |
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Animated Sticker:
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| Fig 2.1 Final Task 3B: Type Design and Communication Animated Sticker, PNG, Week 13 (18/11/21) |
Telegram Screenshots:
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| Fig 2.2 Final Sticker on Dark Background, Week 13 (18/11/21) |
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| Fig 2.3 Final Sticker on Light Background, Week 13 (18/11/21) |
Ps: Due to some issues with Adobe After Effects extensions, I was not able to export the file in .tgs from. Hence, the sticker is not animated.
Pps: Please don't mind the conversation we had, we were exploring telegram stickers.
Telegram Sticker Link:
Reflection
Experience
The best way to describe my experience with typography is running a marathon. Although it's been a while since I did marathons, I can clearly remember how it felt like. In a marathon, the 'short term goal' I give myself to continue on is the next water station. For typography, my 'short term goal' was to get the approval by my lecturer. I am aware that this sounds narcissistic, getting a 'good job' or 'improved', especially from a very meticulous lecturer, is as good as finally drinking a drop of water while running is sorching heat.
To be completely honest, there were times where I wake up and just think, "Yea, I'm going to give up on this module". Fortunately, I stayed strong and finally found the joy in typography - probably not as much as other people - but I can say that this experience was enjoyable. Will I do this again? Probably not, with the exception of creating a typeface. That was really fun.
Observations
With the tasks given, I was able to observe the complications of typography. In Task 1, I noticed how my classmates and lecturer would use word to express its meaning. The most amazing part is, they didn't even use colours! Besides that, I also started to note on the different ways typography has helped a design to communicate its content to its audience. I have become more senstitive to type nowadays, to the point where I would automatically judge them in my head when I see them, for example, it UI/UX, ads, etc.
Besides that, the requirements of the eportfolio - typography has the strictest format for each one - made me really sensitive to tiny deatils in a lot of stuff. For example, when I was doing a another project outside of this module, I was very picky on how everything was arranged. Of course, this was a good thing and I thank this module for that.
Findings
Throughout this semester, I found out how important time management is. The more you procrastinate, the more pain - and less sleep - you're going to get. Besides that, folder management is also very important, because you don't want your files to go missing ( ͡ಥ ͜ʖ ͡ಥ). Moreover, I realized how hard typography actually is. It's meticulous and requires a lot of time to fully immerse yourslef into this topic. Props to people who have, because I definitely haven't (okay, maybe around 60%?). Lastly, Typography takes a good design eye, and good observations skills, both in which I am still working on. So yeah, gotta put more effort in excelling those two things if I were to survive in the labour market in the future.
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