Chapter Two Reflection - Lopez
The second chapter to Typographic Design: Form and Communication starts off by giving readers a brief description on the history of different marking properties. Next, it transitions into describing letterforms. On one full page, it has multiple mini diagrams and within each diagram there are different letters and it labels the different parts of the letterforms. Personally, these diagrams and captions helped me significantly because I have no knowledge on typefaces and their letterforms. Truly, I am baffled at how many different vocabulary terms there are for describing a particular part of a singular letter.
Onward, the chapter goes into the proportions of the letterforms. It explains the different characteristics to stroke-to-height ratio, contrast in stroke weight, expanded and condensed styles, and x-height and proportion. In the margins, it illustrates the different proportions which helped me immensely, considering that I am new to the typography language.
Next, they provide the historical classification of the different typefaces. It sections off multiple miniature paragraphs with designated typestyles/typefaces so you can get a feel on how they are portrayed. From this, I learned that I love reading sans serif typestyles, but hate reading in italic.
Finally, the chapter concludes with talking about type and spatial measurements. This topic makes me wonder on how people measured and spaced typefaces correctly back then. I never truly realized until now, that if a typeface is spaced out too close or too far, it doesn’t look right. This chapter showed me how careful and specific really typography is.
Onward, the chapter goes into the proportions of the letterforms. It explains the different characteristics to stroke-to-height ratio, contrast in stroke weight, expanded and condensed styles, and x-height and proportion. In the margins, it illustrates the different proportions which helped me immensely, considering that I am new to the typography language.
Next, they provide the historical classification of the different typefaces. It sections off multiple miniature paragraphs with designated typestyles/typefaces so you can get a feel on how they are portrayed. From this, I learned that I love reading sans serif typestyles, but hate reading in italic.
Finally, the chapter concludes with talking about type and spatial measurements. This topic makes me wonder on how people measured and spaced typefaces correctly back then. I never truly realized until now, that if a typeface is spaced out too close or too far, it doesn’t look right. This chapter showed me how careful and specific really typography is.
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