Typography (College Work)

Typography is a subject and design theory in which expresses itself in words, just like what icons and diagrams do, but in a worded scale. Typographers or Typography Artists manage and ensure that the spacing, colour, texture, and ideal of their own typography image is set out in a giving way, to make sure their own idea is viewed as an "image" in its self. Typography was founded in the late 1800 BC, using concentrated dyes, stencils and punches to create their own work in stone and in paper parchments. These days, we are known to use the printing press for such things, to create a fine and finished products which creates images in our minds; We see these Typography Information Posters everywhere in advertising, it doesn't even have to be on paper, it can even be animated, typography doesn't have to stay a still image. The usage of Typography is quite a broad area, and can be mistaken or not seen as Typography, but it is there.

So, to use the whole idea of Typography and the way it effects people, I created Four images my self, by just using one text block. I used a Haiku poem, which is more then enough to express your own image across, making sure I used heavy font to show the words in which matter, and formed a few words themselves to give depth and curiosity to the viewer. My Haiku was as follows;

Stomping on the ground.

Mr. Dino, will you dance,

Fox-trot, Samba, Waltz?

Managing to use the same font for three, and on the last, expressing detail into a design but by using it as a visual effect.

First Attempt;

I found this one easiest to do, but alignment can really mean everything when you create such a simple Typography image. The italics create emphasis on the word "Stomping" which could entitle that it is a spoken out word.

 

Second Attempt;

I felt much more confident when it came to the second typography image, I really wanted to show the word, "Stomping", off as much as I needed to, since I still found it was quite an important word.

Third Attempt;

I decided to mess around with colour, to at least experience some depth into the image, such as this one beside the text. Stomping is quite a moving word, so I scrambled the letters slightly to show a shaking effect.

Forth and Final Attempt;

This final image was the most fun to play around with. The detail I was able to accomplish to make a coloured picture of a Dinosaur, which was funnily enough part of the font which is skirted on the line art of the Dinosaur image its self, which is quite the establishment. I started to play around with opacity to make it have a rough look, as well as using font which looked rough in the first place.