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Typography - Final Compilation & Reflection

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22 April  2025  - 22 July 2025 ( Week 1 - Week 14 ) Hsu Myat Wati |   0381660   | Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media Typography | Taylor's University INSTRUCTION Task 1: Exercises  Task 2: Typographic Expression & Communication Task 3: Type Design & Communication   SUBMISSION Task 1 | Type Expression ( Exercise 1 ) 22 April  2025 - 22 May 2025 ( Week 1 - Week 5 ) Fig 1.1  - Final Type Expression (JPG) ( 6 May 2025 ) Fig 1.2 - Final Type Expression (PDF)  ( 6 May 2025 ) Fig 1.3 - Animated Type Expression (GIF)  ( 20 May 2025 ) Task 1 | Text Formatting ( Exercise 2 ) Fig 1.4   - Name exercise (JPG) ( 22 May 2025 ) Fig 1.5  - Text Formatting Final with Grides (JPG) ( 22 May 2025 ) Fig 1.6  - Text Formatting Final without Grids (JPG) ( 22 May 2025 ) Fig 1.7  - Text Formatting Final with Grides (PDF) ( 22 May 2025 ) Fig 1.8  - Text Formatting Final without Grids (PDF) ( 22 May 2025 ) HE...

Typography - Task 3: Type Design and Communication

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10 June 2025 - 15 July 2025 ( Week 8  - Week 12 ) Hsu Myat Wati |  0381660   | Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media Typography | Taylor's University Table of contents Lectures Instructions Task 3 Feedbacks Reflections Further Readings 1. LECTURES Tutorial Videos Typo Task 3A Typeface Construction (Shapes) Typo Task 3A Typeface Construction (Strokes + Brush) Typo_Task 3A_Illustrator To Fontlab5 Demo (WATCH FIRST before FontLab 7 Video) Typo_Task 3A FontLab7 Demo (Watch FontLab 5 Demo First) Typo Task 3A (optional) – Preview & Type Your Font on Blogger by Lim Jia Sheng 2. INSTRUCTIONS MIB: 3. TASK 3 Sketches We began our process of sketching on graph paper using different sizes of markers starting from week 8. We explored several ways of creating various styles of fonts. I tried sketching in as many styles as possible by changing the way I held the marker or the pressure I applied when writing.  Fig 3.1 - Sketch 1, Week 8 (10 June 2025) Fig 3.2 - Sketch 2, ...

Typography - Task 2: Typographic Exploration and Communication

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27 May 2025 - 3 Jun 2025 ( Week 6  - Week 7 ) Hsu Myat Wati |  0381660   | Bachelor of Design (Hons) in Creative Media Typography | Taylor's University Table of contents Lectures Instructions Task 2 Feedbacks Reflections Further Readings 1. LECTURES Week 5 Counterform The space that is described and often contained by the strokes of the form. When letters are joined to form words, the counterform includes the spaces between them. Fig 1.1 - Counterform ( https://pin.it/4vvuujmns ) Counterform plays a crucial role in recognizing the form of either the word or the letterform itself. Contrast The most powerful principle applies directly to typography. The simple contrast produces numerous variations: small+organic/ large+machined/... Fig 1.2 - Contrast ( https://pin.it/2rckNdn7Q ) 2. INSTRUCTIONS MIB: 3. TASK 2 Fig 3.1  - Designing progress (AI) ( 2 June 2025 ) We started designing the title in Adobe Illustrator during week 6. I tried to move each text and word around. M...