I had a little bit of background in typography from Professor Painters AENG 110 class that I also am taking this semester. Before that I had only used simple typography like changing
fonts mostly to times new roman and changing font sizes. I have used different levels of typography in high school projects like changing font sizes, fonts, and color. For example, I used different font sizes for my dual enrollment communications class to get main points across
without being very wordy. I didn’t have much experience with typography but I’m ready to learn
more.
When we started the typography assignment, I didn’t have much experience with Adobe
and their different programs, so this was a great opportunity for me to learn more about Adobe. I
had some problems with using adobe at first, but I seemed to figure it out relatively fast. I was
struggling with the program automatically writing loren ipsum as I had never seen something do
that and it would trip me up when I started typing. I think I learned the best with this assignment
when we had the hands-on learning part, but also the entire class demonstration really helped me
with getting a good understanding of what typography is and how to do the assignment.
Watching videos helps a little bit but it is harder for me to focus and retain information from the
video and put it into context. I learn much better with the content Infront of me.
I think I learned a lot about typography from the in-class assignment. I used to think
“type” was just a saying to type on a keyboard, but I learned that type used to be little metal
pieces to print onto paper from typewriters. I also learned how important typography is when
designing anything with words. Typography is used to express different pieces of information
and is used in many different aspects of design. I will use typography on any of my next projects
to really make words pop when I want them to and add a little bit of fancy to my piece. I also learned how many different types of fonts there are to use and how creative type fonts and sizes can really make a difference in a person’s project. Even just using a type of font on a name tag can change the whole look of a person’s name. Overall, I learned a lot about typography and how
it can be a game changer in any design or project.