Typography-Task2: Exploration & Communication

 03/11/2025-10 /11/2025 ( week 6-week 7)

Sun QiHang/0385392

Typography/Bachelor of Design(Honous) in Creative Media

 Task2-Typographic Exploration & Communication (Text Formatting and Expression)

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Table of contents

1. lecture

2. Instractions

3. Task

4. Feedback

5.Reflrction

6. Futher ReadingLECTURE

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LECTURE

Week 6::Letters/Understanding letterforms

The instructor showed how to keep good alignment between text columns and how to use special symbols like the pilcrow (¶) to mark paragraphs. We learned that indentation works well with justified text to make the layout neat and avoid uneven edges. The lecture also discussed how to fix problems like widows and orphans by changing where lines break or forcing new line breaks.

We practiced highlighting text using italics, bold, different typefaces, and colors. The teacher reminded us to adjust the point size when changing typefaces so that the text looks balanced. We also talked about typographic hierarchy and how using different heading levels (A, B, and C heads) helps organize information clearly.

At the end, the teacher stressed the importance of keeping cross-alignment and visual consistency in design. An example showed how changing the line spacing, or leading, can affect alignment. The lecture finished with a quote comparing typography to two-dimensional architecture, which made me think about how typography helps build clear and beautiful layouts.

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INSTRUCTION

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Task 02: Text Formatting and Expression

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FEEDBACK

Week 6

General feedback: ：Keep the layout clean and well-structured, so that readers can easily spot the key points at a glance.

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REFLECTIOINS

 During the past two weeks of learning typography, I have gained a new understanding of layout design. At the beginning, I thought typography was only about arranging text neatly, but through this learning process, I gradually realized that typography is an important form of visual design that directly influences readers’ reading experience and understanding of information. During the study, I learned the importance of font choice, font size, line spacing, white space, and alignment. Different fonts can express different emotions, and a well-organized layout can make content clearer, more comfortable, and more logical. Of course, I also faced some difficulties in practice, such as finding a balance between visual appeal and readability, but with the teacher’s guidance and continuous practice, I slowly learned to design from the reader’s perspective. Overall, these two weeks of typography learning were very meaningful, as I not only learned basic layout skills but also developed greater attention to detail, which will be helpful for my future studies and practical work.

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Futher Reading

A Type Primer* is a basic but very important book for learning typography. The author explains key concepts such as letterforms, spacing, alignment, and type classification in a clear and logical way. This book helped me understand that typography is not only about beauty, but also about rules and structure.

What impressed me most is the focus on readability and space. The spaces between letters, lines, and columns strongly affect how people read. Before reading this book, I paid more attention to visual effects, but now I realize that good typography is often quiet and invisible.

Overall, this book is very suitable for beginners. It helped me build a solid foundation and improved my attention to detail in design.