Typography - Final Compilation & Reflection
22/9/2025 - 22/12/2025 (Week 1 - Week 14)
Cher Pei Ying (0389055)
Typography
Final Compilation & Reflection
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2.1 Editorial Layout
3.1 Font Design
4. Reflection
1. TASK 1: EXERCISES
22/9/2025 - 20/10/2025 (Week 1 - Week 5)
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1.1 Exercise 1 - Type Expression
Figure 1.1.1 Type Expression
Figure 1.1.2 Type Expression (PDF)
Figure 1.1.3 Type Expression Animation
1.2 Exercise 2 - Text Formatting
Figure 1.2.1 Text Formatting
Figure 1.2.2 Text Formatting (PDF)
Figure 1.2.3 Text Formatting with grids
Figure 1.2.4 Text Formatting with grids (PDF)
HEAD
- Font/s: ITC Garamond Std Bold/ITC Garamond Std Book Narrow
- Type Size/s: 68 pt/30 pt
- Leading: 22 pt/66 pt
- Paragraph spacing: 11 pt
BODY
- Font/s: Univers LT Std 55 Roman
- Type Size/s: 9 pt
- Leading: 11 pt
- Paragraph spacing: 11 pt
- Characters per-line: 59 characters
- Alignment: Align Left
Page Margins
- 12.7mm + 12.7mm + 12.7mm + 12.7mm
- Columns: 4
- Gutter: 5mm
2. TASK 2: TYPOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION AND COMMUNICATION
27/10/2025 - 3/11/2025 (Week 6 - Week 7)
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2.1 Editorial Layout
Figure 2.1.1 Editorial Layout
Figure 2.1.2 Editorial Layout (PDF)
Figure 2.1.3 Editorial Layout with grids
Figure 2.1.4 Editorial Layout with grids (PDF)
HEAD
- Font/s: Futura Std Extra Bold
- Type Size/s: 28pt
- Leading: 33.6pt
- Paragraph spacing: 33.6pt
BODY
- Font/s: Univers LT Std 45 Light
- Type Size/s: 8 pt
- Leading: 10 pt
- Paragraph spacing: 10 pt
- Characters per-line: 60 characters
- Alignment: Align Left
Page Margins
- 10mm + 10mm + 10mm + 10mm
- Columns: 2
- Gutter: 7mm
3. TASK 3: TYPE DESIGN AND COMMUNICATION
10/11/2025 - 15/12/2025 (Week 8 - Week 13)
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3.1 Font Design
Figure 3.1.2 Font Tester of Caby
Figure 3.1.3 Final Font Design of Caby
Figure 3.1.4 Final Font Design of Caby (PDF)
Measurements
- Ascender line: 776pt
- Cap line: 690pt
- Median line: 366pt
- Descender line: -182pt
Figure 3.1.5 A4 Black and White Poster
Figure 3.1.6 A4 Black and White Poster (PDF)
4. REFLECTION
Experience
Being the first module I encountered in my first semester, typography has set a high standard for me among all the modules in this course. Each week, I progressively learned more about type through the lectures and feedback from Mr. Vinod. By following the clear instructions given, I am required to consistently produce work through the exercises and tasks given, this structured rhythm of learning not only helped me avoid procrastination but even motivated me to perform better in my other modules too. I truly appreciate Mr. Vinod for taking the time to go through all my work and for consistently providing detailed feedback, his guidance pushed me to do my very best and most importantly, taught me to pay close attention to details, which is a crucial aspect of this module.
Observations
After 14 weeks in this module, I am able to reflect on my previous work and see how much I have improved. Being able to recognize areas where I could have done better is a positive sign, as it shows my growth and deeper understanding developed throughout the semester. In addition, looking through my classmates work made me reflect on my own progress and identify areas where I can improve. I believe that observing references and developing a deeper understanding of typographic principles will allow me to achieve better design outcomes.
Findings
At the start of the semester, I did not understand how important type is in design and even thought that learning about letters and fonts was boring. However, after 14 weeks of studying typography, I realized that type can actually be fun and interesting. Typography is one of the most basic forms of design, and designing using only letters can be very challenging, it pushed me to think outside the box and visualize my ideas in simple yet engaging ways. The most important aspect of this course is attention to detail, as a page of text can look very different even with the smallest changes, I especially realized this while designing my own font, where minor adjustments could lead to very different outcomes.
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