Typography Project 2 - Editorial Text Formatting
October 27,2023 WEEK5-WEEK7 LI JINGBU/0367209 Bachelor of Design (Honors) in Creative Media LECTURE Lecture 06: Typo_5_Understanding 1.Understanding letterforms The uppercase letter forms below suggest symmetry, but in fact it is not symmetrical. It is easy to see the two different stroke weights of the Baskerville stroke form (below); more noteworthy is the fact that each bracket connecting the serif to the stem has a unique arc. 2.Letters The uppercase letter forms may appear symmetrical, but a close examination shows that the width of the left slope is thinner than the right stroke. Both Baskerville (previous) and Univers (below) demonstrate the meticulous care a type designer takes to create letterforms that are both internally harmonious and individually expressive. The complexity of each individual letterform is neatly demonstrated by examining the lowercase ‘a’ of two seemingly similar sans-serif typefaces—Helvetica a