Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Study Task 1, Type Journal - OUGD404

TASK - Document, Organise and Evaluate and ongoing investigation into type and typography using the principles, practices and examples introduced during the studio workshops as a starting point. 

Wood Block and Print

 

All images from - DAVID JURY, 2004, Letterpress - The allure of the handmade, Switzerland, Rotovision

The pages below interest me due to how the type has been layered. I find the quality of how some of the letterforms are smudged and others not fully printed gives both pages a hand rendered quality that you would not receive from a digital print. I also like the texture the prints create which gives off a tactile quality:

- Two pages from 'Baseline' 1988


These posters again have a intriguing quality you would not receive from digital print. They have a decorative and vintage character to them. I find the type interesting to due to both being over flourished which syncs in well with the floral patterned background. Both are a flamboyant serif typeface, which is shown in things like the over-extended legs on the 'K's. Both typeface have a hand rendered painter sign quality which is reflected mostly with the serifs within the left piece of typography due to this being a popular 'trend' within painted sign letterform: 


This type below I find interesting due to the process of how it has been made. The type itself is a ornate wood block type which has a intricate floral pattern which has been engraved into it. The drop shadow on the type adds to this over flourished typeface and to me represents a historical and antique identity:




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