Chapter 2: The Anatomy of Typography
Chapter 2 was about the overall basic language of typography. The chapter begins with a list of the pars of letterforms including their definitions along with visual images for further understanding. It’s important to understand and grasp these definitions because they’re all apart of the small details the make each letterform significant. On page 34, the chapter goes into details about proportions of stroke ratio and expanded/condensed styles. Proportions and different contrast in strokes can affect the way a typographic design is read. The contrast in stoke weight have been changing since 1499. In the example on page 34, the weight of stroke seemed to be more experimental varying from thick to thin every couple hundred years. The quality of design changes significantly when the letterforms are expanded or condensed. Condensed styles are when each letter in a word is significantly compressed together enough where it is still legible. Expanded styles are the opposite where each letter is extended adding length horizontally to a word. Each style is designed to engage the readers but sometimes they can be too dramatically distorted where it can cause distractions and difficulty. I learned in this section how important kerning is to evenly balance the spacing between individual letters in a word. On page 34, the importance of angles and elaboration is to typography. Certain angles and oblique’s like italics have the ability to add emphasis to words. Although they can add emphasis, too much use of those styles can make the legibility a bit more difficult to its readers due to the amount of distortion. Elaboration of typography brought me back to my childhood where one was able to add and edit certain “word art” to titles and names. Overall this chapter allowed me to reflect upon the basics of typography and how important the small details can be.
I chose this picture for this Chapter 2 because it's a clear overall summary of what was talked about.
Chapter 2 was about the overall basic language of typography. The chapter begins with a list of the pars of letterforms including their definitions along with visual images for further understanding. It’s important to understand and grasp these definitions because they’re all apart of the small details the make each letterform significant. On page 34, the chapter goes into details about proportions of stroke ratio and expanded/condensed styles. Proportions and different contrast in strokes can affect the way a typographic design is read. The contrast in stoke weight have been changing since 1499. In the example on page 34, the weight of stroke seemed to be more experimental varying from thick to thin every couple hundred years. The quality of design changes significantly when the letterforms are expanded or condensed. Condensed styles are when each letter in a word is significantly compressed together enough where it is still legible. Expanded styles are the opposite where each letter is extended adding length horizontally to a word. Each style is designed to engage the readers but sometimes they can be too dramatically distorted where it can cause distractions and difficulty. I learned in this section how important kerning is to evenly balance the spacing between individual letters in a word. On page 34, the importance of angles and elaboration is to typography. Certain angles and oblique’s like italics have the ability to add emphasis to words. Although they can add emphasis, too much use of those styles can make the legibility a bit more difficult to its readers due to the amount of distortion. Elaboration of typography brought me back to my childhood where one was able to add and edit certain “word art” to titles and names. Overall this chapter allowed me to reflect upon the basics of typography and how important the small details can be.
I chose this picture for this Chapter 2 because it's a clear overall summary of what was talked about.
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