Typography – creating a type piece

Here is a typeface piece I created which is extended from the work I did previously. I used pencil to sketch out each letter on an A5 piece of paper and I used fineliner to shade and print the lettering. I then used promarker to colour the middle of the letters. Once I was done I attempted to make different quotes with my lettering using the white  boards in the studio. I really enjoyed this lesson as hand drawn type is something I enjoy doing, and I was happy to spend time in the studio getting it perfect.

Redacted Reading – Experimenting with type and layout

In order to put my extract from ‘1984’ into my work with layout, I practiced using four layouts that I created. I created these by using large numbers as the image basis of the text, with the text from the extract surrounded it, and I also  used some of the ‘redacted black’ text that we were given within the design. I decided to emphasise upon the words ‘BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU’, as this is a crucial and memorable part of the book. From these I will gather opinions on which layout works better with the text to use for my final design.

Redacted Reading – Type design research

To present our chosen text we have been instructed to recreate the body of text in a way that looks interesting and unusual typographically. Here I have researched ways in which type can look interesting on a page, using shapes, layout and even forms of redaction, which adds interest as it makes part of the work illegible. Layouts like this can be created in InDesign, which specialises in the creation of layouts and making type more interesting. I want to experiment with my chosen text before deciding on a final design to use as part of my redaction brief.

This research on redaction prompted me to experiment with type and layout using the text I have chosen for the redaction project.

Redacted Reading – My Chosen Text

In our lesson on the 13th February we were asked to bring in three chosen texts annotated, in aid of deciding on a final text to use for the redacted work. Out of my three text I chose the first few paragraphs of 1984 by George Orwell. I chose this text because I am a big fan of the book and it is a very well known text, and I like the uneasiness and unusually of the first few paragraphs; something which I think would fit the idea of redacted reading. I will now research ways in which I could present my chosen text in an interesting typographic way.