#dvc16

[creativityhunter]

Five weeks ago, I began to study Design for Visual Communication at LCC, London. 

We have just finished our five first weeks doing workshops: - Type Classification - Type Hierachy - Visual Grammar - Colour - Information Design; A lot of new information that we need to put in practice and then produce final outcomes, showing we did understand what is going on in design. 

In five weeks, my way to look has drastically changed. I see grids, squares, serif, primaries in my soup.  But I love it, I finally found something that keeps me awake late at night. 

[clairenatwan]

Week 2: Type Classification

Practical research into the make up of a typeface. A useful exercise in observation, which gave much more detailed findings into the peculiarities of a typeface and an appreciation for subtle adjustments required in the make up of a balanced typeface which does not conform to a grid system. Futura for example, which might be classified as a geometric style sans serif, has very subtle contrast throughout, which is apparent under close scrutiny but generally this feature of the font is not registered immediately.

[clairenatwan]

This is a great game ^_^. Makes adjustments to spacing easier seeing the whole word rather than just tracing out the letters consecutively with good spacing. This method is pretty tricky as without seeing all the letters from the outset, you aren’t always aware of the minimum spacing required for that particular word. Found this out when we traced out names in Week 1; a minimum letter space can be dictated by the letter combinations when sat together. Which vary with every word. In my case this would be the ‘r’ and the 'e’.