Thursday, September 11, 2014

Anatomy of a Font

This week, we learned about the anatomy of different fonts. We took tests to see which font best suited ourselves and complemented our personality. Mine is a font called Young Shark. Utilizing the line and text tool from Illustrator, we were able to type our name using the font that complemented us best, color it, and draw lines to indicate where some of the anatomy was.
The way my font described me was that I was emotional, understated, progressive, and disciplined. For emotional, I believe in something "feels" right. Understated for me is that I do like doing things subtle, and effectively. Progressive ideas are what I love, new ideas revealed at the time they're conceived. I was disciplined in the sense that I could be patient and work through things I don't nessesarily like in order to reach something I want.
I learned that the spine of an S is the main curve of the S, and that a stem is a straight, vertical stroke in a letter. It was difficult trying to learn what some of the differences were between similar anatomies, like between a bowl and a counter. But I luckily found the difference, (Bowls are enclosed spaces in a letter, while counters aren't closed). And I finished my Anatomy.

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