Typeface

Hugues Demeude was born in 1969 and has published works in French. From his website it is evident that his expertise is on heritage and biodiversity, though he has written various travel books about Jordan, Israel, France, Portugal, and Peru among other destinations.The selection we read for class today is an excerpt from his book “The Animated Alphabet”, published in 1997. Demeude begins the chapter with a history of alphabetic writing and then of decorated letters, more specifically, the…

For this multimodal project, I want to address the issue revolving immigration especially with the latest Presidential elections, and the new immigration policies Donald Trump has been implementing since he took office. The fact is that many individuals truly believe that immigration has been a negative impact on the United States and by placing stricter and harder bans on immigrants it might allow the United States to rise socially, economically, and politically. These misconceptions have led…

rock and roll music magazine Raygun. His experimental approach in design explode at Raygun. Carson played with column, space, font, title and body copy. Raygun’s first issue seems numerous custom typefaces from anywhere were used. So for the second issue, Calson gave him restriction to numbers of typefaces. He selected and used only five different fonts. Then, the result was pretty nice. However, he abandoned this idea on third…

Futura was a typeface designed by Paul Renner, a Prussian-born artist who spent most of his life in Germany. Renner worked on Futura between 1924 and 1926 and it was officially released in 1927. Renner, a member of the Deutscher Werkbund (German Association of Craftsmen), a group of people who focused on elevating aesthetic qualities in commercial products (Burke). In addition to his experience working in Werkbund, Renner was also inspired by the New Typography movements including the Bauhaus…

Susan Kare was born in Ithaca, New York in February 5, 1954. She is an artist and graphic designer who created many of the interface elements for the Apple Macintosh in the 1980s. Originally Susan was an employee for NeXT (the company formed by Steve Jobs after she left apple in 1985), she worked as the Creative Director. Education: Susan Kare graduated from Harriton High School in 1971, received her B.A., summa cum laude, in Art from Mount Holyoke College in 1975 and her Ph.D. from New York…

Swiss style’s rationalism and structure offered great functionality; however it limited designer’s creativity prompting a highly expressionist movement known as post-modernism. These drastic changes in design can be examined based on their technical, aesthetic, and sociopolitical impacts. Swiss style design can be characterized by its heavy use of grids, sans serif type and cold compositions. This style is best known for its ability to convey complex information in an easy to understand…

I remember sitting in a surrounded by a sea of new faces; We sat in groups of four at our respective tables. The room was dark and the only source of light came from a projector. On the projector, I read “intro to typography” in bold typeface. There was slight murmuring going on all around me but was finally pulled to a hush when our instructor walked in. He’s the kinda guy that doesn’t have a huge tolerance for nonsense and whining kids. Thankfully for him (and me), this group didn’t consist of…

Karlie Krause APA Take Home Exam Short Answer 13. Comparing Psychopharmacological Interventions with Psychotherapy in Anxiety Disorders (American Psychological Association, 2011, p.23). 14. 1. A. Life Span Development assigned three, short essays for the quarter, on the third essay I had used a run-on sentence. Specifically, “In order to be successful in this stage, a child must not be impacted by the negative aspects from their previous developmental phases, in addition to having supportive…

Some of the most appealing documents I’ve seen have been at the libraries on campus. This pamphlet for the Scholars’ Commons Series of the 2016 spring semester, which is available at the Library Services desk of the Wells Library is one of the best I’ve seen in terms of its use of repetition. The document’s rhetorical purpose is to promote the Scholar’s Commons research and publishing workshops to staff and students of IU. Both the color and typography aid in achieving this purpose, as they are…

1896: henry ford built Quadricycle 1899: Henry joined Detroit Automobile Company 1903: Ford Motor Company is incorporated. 1904: Ford Motor Company of Canada is established 1907: Ford introduces the scripted typeface of its trademark. 1908: Model T is introduced. 1908: First overseas sales branch in Paris. 1913: Ford Assembly line in auto production is initiated. 1914: The famous $5 per day is instituted. 1917: Ford Motor Company first ever produces Ford Truck 1919: Edsel Ford succeeds…