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Task:
Create a Contrary Idea Poster using the information you have learned about typography.
Steps:
• Familiarize yourself with typography. Why is it important? What does it do?
• Choose an aspect of typography that you find interesting.
Examples include -
the connotation of certain fonts
the legibility of font styles
• Create a poster on 11x17 paper (landscape) depicting the opposite or contrary idea to your typographic fact. Print it out and put it on the wall.
For example....
Steps:
• Familiarize yourself with typography. Why is it important? What does it do?
• Choose an aspect of typography that you find interesting.
Examples include -
the connotation of certain fonts
the legibility of font styles
• Create a poster on 11x17 paper (landscape) depicting the opposite or contrary idea to your typographic fact. Print it out and put it on the wall.
For example....
The above text is illustrated using a "fun" font that typically would illustrate something lively and joyful. The words are the opposite. Get it?
Another example....
Another example....
Kerning does matter. And it isn't too easy to read. Opposite site. Get it?