Jenn's Typography BlogSpot

Best use of Typography by you this semester

2009-12-10T21:42:00.000-08:00

This was my own typography for my magazine spread on Kat Von D. The "Mi Vida Loca" was created with the pen tool to create a tattoo inspired typeface. I think that I really pushed my creative juices for this design. I think I am close to saying I have mastered the pen tool... with the rose I pen tooled all over my design and the type I think this was my favorite layout I have done yet.

Interesting/Innovative Typography Found in Sharadin

2009-12-10T21:30:00.000-08:00

I chose Shelby Schena's Power vs Poverty poster for this new post because I just love how Hope is hand rendered and the peanut acts like a rebus in creating the "O" in hope. I really love this entire design and the way the roots come down and connect with the other letters in Hope are really great. I love this design and really love the emotional impact this poster gives you.

Most Interesting Type From A Package Containing Food You Consumed This Week

2009-12-10T15:48:00.000-08:00

Well when your a Communication Design student you dont have much time to eat, and for those long nights staying up to study and do never ending projects I like to indulge in a little wine. So I chose a beverage I had this week instead of a food. I chose the "arbor mist" wine bottle for my journal because it flows nicely. The little swoosh on the side and the type used to write "White Zinfandel" is a very pretty classy type.

Type As Art

2009-12-10T15:44:00.001-08:00

Not only do I love Dave Matthews Band but his last album "DMB Big Whiskey & The Groo Grux King" was all hand drawn by Dave Matthews himself. I think this is a great example as Type as Art because he incorporated the CD title into the entire design. "Groo Grux King" is on a float/wagon type thing getting pulled my horses and then "DMB Big Whiskey &" is acting like a banner about the horse and wagon. I LOVE this entire design. I think its great that Dave Matthews hand drew this entire CD and especially the way he incorporated type and illustration is great.

Rebus/Icon Incorporated into the Type

2009-12-10T15:36:00.001-08:00

I found this design in the Vogue magazine and its for a swimsuit company. The rebus in the design is the girl diving across the "A" to complete the "A". I like the design it is very simple and clean and then just adding the girl in to complete the letter really makes the design.

Inspirational

2009-12-10T15:22:00.000-08:00

I find inspiration in a ton of places, but my friend gave me this graphics book called "Graphics Alive" and not only is the entire book inspirational but the cover itself speaks aloud! I love the way the shapes create the letters as well as the colors intertwine within the letters.

Good Type Gone Bad

2009-12-10T15:16:00.000-08:00

I was at the movies and I saw this movie poster. The avatar movie poster uses the papyrus font. I personally don't like this type but the people who designed the poster seem to not know where the font papyrus comes from... Papyrus was supposed to be used as a old world pirate scroll font and that was the ONLY thing it was supposed to be used for. Funny thing is, Avatar is a movie about new age technology about the future, nothing to do with the old world or pirate scroll.

Good Use of a Ligature

2009-12-10T15:09:00.000-08:00

I thought the "Lee" logo was a good use of a ligature. I found it in my roommates pants. I really like the way the L combines and connects with the e's making it a continuous form. Ligatures usually contain two or more letters but this one combines three which is nice.

Poor Kerning

2009-10-22T21:52:00.000-07:00

Poor Kerning... it is everywhere! I see it everywhere and I just want to physically push the letters apart or pull them together. The example I am using is from my Dance studio. I love my studio with all my heart but our logo is really horrible... I know someone probably just made it in word and used the curve tool that does not accurately kern. In "Academy" the A, C, A, D, all need to be pushed apart and in "Dance" the C, E, need to be pushed apart. Then "Coopersburg" the B, U, should be pushed apart a little bit.

Bad Typography

2009-10-15T20:06:00.000-07:00

This week we needed to find bad typography. I found that there is more bad type then there is good type. I picked this poster out of the sub b/c i think it has all the qualities of bad type. The kerning in the date/address/time is horrible, some of the letters are basically on top of each other and others are way too far apart. The title of the poster has poor kerning and who ever made this sign ruined the integrity of the type by making it so bold and 3D looking.

Good Typography

2009-10-08T21:01:00.000-07:00

I picked this image because I really like the "scripty" font used. It's welcoming and a very friendly. I feel like this is a good short phrase that describes kutztown very well. If I were an incoming student I would feel invited and would want to continue to browse the KU site.

Found: www.kutztown.edu

Hand Rendered Type

2009-10-01T20:02:00.000-07:00

I really liked this Luba Lukova poster because its spelled backwards but you can still read it, and the "lukova" is definitely hand rendered. I don't know of any font that looks like this poster. The image its self is not very good but the poster is great. Who ever did this poster has some wonderful 'pen tool' skills.

Historically Influenced Typography

2009-09-24T21:06:00.000-07:00

I thought this photo emulates "Historically Influenced Typogrpahy" because it's a college diploma. I feel like a college would use this font to feel more historic and to make there graduates feel more regal. I also chose this image because the font used to write "De Sales University" has some great swashes on it!

Naturally Occurring Letterforms

2009-09-17T23:06:00.000-07:00

I found this really difficult to do for some reason. I just thought I couldn't find an appropriate "natural occurring letterform"... So I just settled on this one. I plopped my bag on my bed on the midst of everything else that was there and I noticed that the strap to my bag made a "U". Not too exciting but I figured this was better then some of the other letters I found.