Category Archives: Part 3

Below is an extract from Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Using a single typeface of your choice, lay out the test in as inventive a way as possible. Experiment with the letters and words, using typographic principles you researched in earlier exercises to significantly alter the arrangement of the text, its rhythm andContinue reading “Exercise 3: Experimental Typography”

Brief: This two part exercise aims to understand the relationship between typography, the grid, and the page in more depth by analysing existing layouts and creatively developing alternative ones. Both of these activities will feed into assignment three. Part 1 – Understanding layoutsResearch into book layouts that you find interesting. These could be art orContinue reading “Exercise 2: Double-Page Spread”

Brief: Find as many examples of type as you can from a range of sources, including newspapers, magazines, flyers, leaflets, online and printed ephemera. Broadly classify them into serif and sans-serif groups. Explore your computer to see whether you have any of the typefaces mentioned on the previous page. Find other examples on your computerContinue reading “Exercise 1: Type Samples”