In Exercise 3, you have to choose a typeface for the text, but how do you choose a typeface? In Notes on Book Design, Derek Birdsall describes clearly how you can choose a typeface that is appropriate for your text. Read the section ‘on choosing a typeface’ in the book, Notes on Book Design, and use this as an approach in Exercise 3.
It was useful to read the section from Derek Birdsall’s ‘Notes on Book Design’, I found it very informative and helpful. It was interesting to see Birdsall’s type specimens which he frequently used in his books, it also shows clear examples of how typefaces differentiate between each other considering they are all set at 18pt in size yet to the eye they are all different in size.
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My names Rachael, I'm 25 years old and live in Ipswich.
I have two young children which is why I chose to study with OCA to fit studying around family life.
I left school in 2009 and decided to go to college to study hairdressing and passed both my NVQ 2 & NVQ 3 but soon after completing my last year I realised it wasn't something I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Since then I have had two children and I also got married earlier on this year, now that my youngest child is starting nursery next year I decided its now my chance to pursue my dream in becoming a graphic designer so here I am :)
I'm looking forward to gaining lots of new skills and learning all about graphic design, I'm also looking forward to meeting fellow students studying this course :)
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