typography portfolio

Ryan

P o r t f o l i o

Fischer

Typography Week 1

Symbolic Meaning

My symbols were inspired a lot by the shapes and designs of the ancient Greek alphabet. First, I drew my designs in photoshop before tracing them in Illustrator.

After that, I selected a cool font for my name and repeated the same steps that I took with the symbols. Lastly, I rearranged my name to fit vertically on the page before making boxes to put each of the symbols in.

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Typography Week 2

Hieroglyphic Exercise

For my hieroglyphics, I wanted to challenge myself by tracing/using some of the more intricate designs that I saw on the sheet. At the same time, I wanted to make sure I was able to tell a cohesive story using under 10 hieroglyphs. First I traced them in photoshop before moving over to illustrator, where I retraced and colored them. After that, I went about creating the border, before adding in the background of the hieroglyphs to finish the design off.

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Typography Week 3

Lettering During Roman Empire/Middle Ages

As mentioned in class, I thought it would be cool to focus on something related to my heritage. I found the writing system and traced it before adding in the headings and boxes on the page. Then I did some research on Celtic Artwork and added that (as well as a different type of knotwork) to the page. For the frame, I found a cool Celtic knot design and traced that to add to my page. Lastly, I created my abstract piece by using the G,L,A, and C.

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Typography Week 4

Renaissannce Typography and Printing

For this assignment, I wanted to try an arrangement where the text (including the abstract art) played a larger role than the photos (specifically the vector image). I did this by wrapping the text around my abstract art and by making making the word I choose (Serif) bigger as well. I also implemented the smoothing tool for a few different shapes, mainly the boxes surrounding the text on the bottom and the original word design.

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Typography Week 5

Typography During Colonization/Industrialization

For this assignment, I took a lot of inspiration from the text design and what it was used for. My borders are meant to resemble that of a book, as Old Face was used primarily in books/documents at the time. With the abstract art, I wanted to play around with drop-shadows and create something much different than my past assignments, which I think I accomplished.

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Typography Week 6

Early Twentieth Cnetury Typography

For this assignment, I wanted to make this page design look as similar to a newspaper from the 20th century as possible. I image traced an aged background and used illustrator effects to make the border look rough/ aged. From there, I created two vectors and found ways to incorporate them on my page. Lastly, I did my research and added in the word based on my topic.

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Typography Week 7

Swiss Design Style/International Typographic Style

For this assignment, i really wanted to play into the rough looking aesthetic that punk had in the 1970’s. I made the border and header look like they had been torn used a drop shadow to make it look more realistic. At the bottom of the page, I made a guitar, as it was a very popular instrument for punk bands to play. Lastly, I drew two other symbols in bright colors on the page, as artists in the 70’s would often use neons to offset the black and white coloring.

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Typography Week 8

Contemporary Typography and Digital Technology

For this assignment, I wanted to base the design around a printer, and so I made sure that each of the different elements that I implemented tied into that concept. I started by sketching a printer and different pieces of paper. From there, I sketched my word and figured out the page hierarchy. Lastly, I decided on the color palette that I wanted to use (a monotone background, with pops of color).

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Typography Week 9

Typeface’s Anatomical Details, Width, and Weight

For this assignment, I wanted to explore not only the anatomy of typefaces but also play off of the word that I chose to use in my page design (visual). I added a drop shadow behind the word, a gradient to my background, and contrasting borders to help make the page pop. In the written section, I discussed what a typeface is and specifically mentioned how French typefaces have evolved.

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Typography Week 10

Type Identification and Classification

For this assignment, I decided to play into the playful and artistic feel of the typeface that I selected. I created an animation-inspired page layout, using a burned film overlay that I vectorized as the background, as well as film and film reels that I made myself for the background and borders. For the abstract art, I made sure to use bright neon colors to really make the font pop too

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Typography Week 11

Value, Color, and Contrast

For this assignment, I wanted to try and use a wide variety of different shapes and fonts to create a unique looking page design. While some of the lyrics are in simple shapes, others are in hand drawn ones to create contrast.

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Typography Week 12

Selecting and Combining Fonts Creatively

For this assignment, I wanted to make sure that not only did I focus a lot on the type aspect of my designs, but also making sure that the visuals helped enhance it too. I tried to use a wide range of fonts in my designs to push myself creatively and to try using new things.

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Typography Week 13

Organizing Typographic Compositions (Traditional)

For this assignment, I chose to do my topic on the rise of music streaming services (focusing specifically on Spotify).

With the left page, I decided to have my text on both sides wrap around the Spotify logo. On the right page, I included a biography of the creator of Spotify.

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Typography Week 14

Organizing Typographic Compositions (Modern)

For this assignment, I wanted to play around with the idea of having one central object/shape in my compoisition and then building around that. After selecting the letters that I wanted to use, I then added another element in the middle (the heart) so that I could make sure to keep the readers attention while also using up as much space as possible. After doing this, I actually decided to add miultiple columns to both letters, as this would allow me to remove the lining and have the words themselves make up the shape.

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Thank You!

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