When using typography, you have to consider what font to use. For formal text, such as news articles, a Serif type would be relevant. For non-formal text, such as menus, a Sans Serif type would work
Example of using appropriate typeface for book extracts
I found this exercise using book extracts simple because it was easy to distinguish the main heading, sub heading and text. I chose typefaces that resembled Horror (Irish Grover) and Sci-Fi(Joti). I used Georgia for the main body because it’s easy to read. I explored different weights of the fonts, I used Bold for the title, Italic for the author and Regular for the main text.
We were given two bodies of text, and asked to choose a typeface that fit the theme of the text. We were told to ask colour, to break up the text and emphasis the title from the main body of text, taking the legibility against these colours.
Example using colour to dissect the text
I chose shades of green for “Frankenstein” because in the cartoon his face is green. I chose shades of blue for “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” because of the colour associated with sleeping.
Then, we were asked to use a wider frame, grid and colour to provide structure and form.
Example using a grid and image
I got an image online of Frankenstein that was in black and white, because I wanted the background of the body of the text to include colour. I used black for the headings and white for the text to separate them from each other. The grid helped me to make sure I left enough space on each side. I justified the text to align it equally on both sides.
After, we were given a larger body of text on a different format using columns.
Example using a large portion of text for desktop screen
I found this exercise challenging, because of the wider frame to fill. It was hard to work out the paragraph spacing and line length. I divided it into two columns, to consider the legibility making sure the lines weren’t too long to read. I used Typescale.com for sizes using the scale “Major Second”. I used Bold for headings and quotes, regular for body text and Italic for titles and names of particular work.