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Patterns

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Choosing a Typeface

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/03/how-to-choose-a-typeface/ T he reading of the article "How to Choose a Font: A Step-by-Step Guide," written by Douglas Bonneville, on March 24, 2011, helped in my understanding of the importance of developing a planned  set of steps when choosing a typeface.  As an undergraduate visual arts student enrolled in a graphic design course, most of the information in the article was new to me.  Also, I have realized that I have been missing the many components of the art process that takes place when creating a poster, a book, an advertisement, a logo, etc. We are used to enjoy the final product that we do not stop to think about the graphic designers' art process who created them.  The following basic questions are some that I have found important to address when planning to choose a font and a typeface: What is the difference between typeface and font? What are the parts of letters? What are the parts of numbers? What are the parts of

Adjective

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Alphabet

 

Uppercase and Lowercase

 

Self-Portrait Masking Exercise

Toledo Museum of Art ( Sculpture Garden) Josiah McElheny, Moon Mirror , 2019. Glass,  steel   http://emuseum.toledomuseum.org/objects/81330/moon-mirror?ctx=f0fe0ad6-0d24-447f-b657-767ef3474ea9&idx=0                       Matt Wedel. Pyre, 2017 .  Earthenware https://www.toledomuseum.org/art/exhibitions/matt-wedel-phenomenal-debris

Photoshop: Learning to use Masks

 

Graphic Designers

  List of 40 "most famous graphic designers of all time" https://www.canva.com/learn/famous-graphic-designers/ Helvetica A documentary film by Gary Hustwit, 2007, 95 minutes (video available at the TMA Library) Film Interviewees include innovators in the graphic design world: Erik Spiekermann Matthew Carter Massimo Vignelli    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g3gtgleyg Wim Crouwel Hermann Zapf       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jD4CpzIuR4&t=203s Neville Brody Stefan Sagmeister  Michael Bierut      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP2jyXCpsTU&t=14s   David Carson Paula Scher Jonathan Hoefler Tobias Frere-Jones   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkDTWQGfptA Experimental Jetset Michael C. Place Norm Alfred Hoffmann, son of Eduard Hoffman  https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/38 Mike Parker Bruno Steinert Otmar Hoefer         https://vimeo.com/24415178 Leslie Savan Rick Poynor Lars Muller
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