Typography in Graphic Design
For this particular session we had to focus on three typographers and these were:
Erik Spiekermann – He is a typographer from Germany and is also a designer.
Cyrus Highsmith – Highsmith is known for his original approach to drawing letter forms. His designs have been specified for diverse platforms including Rolling Stone, Starwars.com, and the Ford Motor Company. He has also created custom typography for clients including – The Wall Street Journal, Martha Stewart Living, La Prensa Gráfica, ESPN, Men's Health, and EI Universal.
Kyle Cooper – Cooper studied graphic design under Paul Rand at Yale University. Early in his professional career, Cooper worked as a creative director at R/GA - an advertising agency with offices in New York and also that of Los Angeles. During this period, Cooper created the title sequence for the 1995 American crime film Seven, a seminal work which received critical acclaim and inspired a number of younger designers at that time. According to Cooper, at the time he made the title sequence for Seven, main title sequences were behind of what was happening in print, music videos and adverts. He wanted to create main titles that were raising the bar creatively.
Over this semester I will be creating and manually constructing fonts / character fonts.
Task 1:
Animation, Architecture, Art, Graphic Design Transcription:
Using the references provided or of my own, transcribe shapes to make letter forms and or typographic characters. Lowercase, or Uppercase using the letter ANESG.
I should generate at least three different options, from the image samples provided or of my own references.
I should use A3 layout paper or that of graph paper.
Materials:
Graph Paper,
Ruler
2B Pencil
Pair of Compasses
Marker
Reference Material.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this task and I found it to be interesting to see and think of how typography can be created from studying abstract imagery.
Erik Spiekermann – He is a typographer from Germany and is also a designer.
Cyrus Highsmith – Highsmith is known for his original approach to drawing letter forms. His designs have been specified for diverse platforms including Rolling Stone, Starwars.com, and the Ford Motor Company. He has also created custom typography for clients including – The Wall Street Journal, Martha Stewart Living, La Prensa Gráfica, ESPN, Men's Health, and EI Universal.
Kyle Cooper – Cooper studied graphic design under Paul Rand at Yale University. Early in his professional career, Cooper worked as a creative director at R/GA - an advertising agency with offices in New York and also that of Los Angeles. During this period, Cooper created the title sequence for the 1995 American crime film Seven, a seminal work which received critical acclaim and inspired a number of younger designers at that time. According to Cooper, at the time he made the title sequence for Seven, main title sequences were behind of what was happening in print, music videos and adverts. He wanted to create main titles that were raising the bar creatively.
Over this semester I will be creating and manually constructing fonts / character fonts.
Task 1:
Animation, Architecture, Art, Graphic Design Transcription:
Using the references provided or of my own, transcribe shapes to make letter forms and or typographic characters. Lowercase, or Uppercase using the letter ANESG.
I should generate at least three different options, from the image samples provided or of my own references.
I should use A3 layout paper or that of graph paper.
Materials:
Graph Paper,
Ruler
2B Pencil
Pair of Compasses
Marker
Reference Material.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this task and I found it to be interesting to see and think of how typography can be created from studying abstract imagery.
