typography anatomy

Typography project

The project
We did this project so we could learn about different fonts and how there are heights for certain parts of the letters. Also that parts of the letters are called something specific, they don't just have the basic shape that you think they would have. We also learned how to make dashed lines and arrows on illustrator so that you could really see what part was where.

What we learned
We learned a lot during this project, most of it I stated in the paragraph above. But these specific things I really had to focus on because they were things that were apart of my name. These things are a bowl, crossbar, aperture, descender, shoulder, diagonal stroke, counter, finial, stem, and a serif. These were all things used to identify parts of my letters when using this font. We also learned about the sizing of letters like uppercase, x height, and the base line. Those are three heights that my letters hit.

How was the project
The project overall was fun and helpful. It was easy to find a font and create the lines on illustrations. Since we have used illustrator before it was more familiar and easier to work. The only tricky part was finding words to describe your letters, because there were so many things you could choose from. But you also had to make sure that it applied to your letters, and that you haven't used that word before. Just when I thought I havd all my ten I would realize that I used a word more than once. If I were to do this project again I feel like it would be easier because I am familiar with all of the words to describe the letters and am comfortable with using illustrator.

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