This document appears to be a student portfolio documenting explorations and projects in a graphic design course focused on typography. It includes explorations of drawing glyphs, typesetting with different typefaces, kerning, and typographic hierarchy. It also includes projects on character sets, type posters, letterhead and business cards. The portfolio demonstrates the student's growing skills and understanding of typographic principles.
The typography by Fady El-Masry
Typography (from the Greek words τύπος (typos) = form and γραφή
(graphe) = writing) is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make
language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces,
point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between
groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters
(kerning). Type design is a closely related craft, which some consider distinct
and others a part of typography; most typographers do not design typefaces,
and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers. In modern
times, typography has been put into motion — in film, television and online
broadcasts — to add emotion to mass communication.
Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic
designers, art directors, comic book artists, graffiti artists, clerical workers,
and anyone else who arranges type for a product. Until the Digital Age,
typography was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography
to new generations of visual designers and lay users, and it has been said that
“typography is now something everybody does.
The term “Typography” comes from Greek words: “typos” (form) & “graphe” (writing). Easily the nemesis for most people - as a subject of understanding and application as well. This is my feeble attempt at explaining the very basics of "typography", its history, characteristics, terminology and best-practices.
Yesterday the 11th of June 2015, the User Experience department took us down the exciting path of fonts and typography.
Facilitated by Crystal Chijindu, we came to realize the importance of Typography as an intricate element of design and idea development.
Have a good read and don't forget to share.
The typography by Fady El-Masry
Typography (from the Greek words τύπος (typos) = form and γραφή
(graphe) = writing) is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make
language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces,
point size, line length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between
groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs of letters
(kerning). Type design is a closely related craft, which some consider distinct
and others a part of typography; most typographers do not design typefaces,
and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers. In modern
times, typography has been put into motion — in film, television and online
broadcasts — to add emotion to mass communication.
Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic
designers, art directors, comic book artists, graffiti artists, clerical workers,
and anyone else who arranges type for a product. Until the Digital Age,
typography was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography
to new generations of visual designers and lay users, and it has been said that
“typography is now something everybody does.
The term “Typography” comes from Greek words: “typos” (form) & “graphe” (writing). Easily the nemesis for most people - as a subject of understanding and application as well. This is my feeble attempt at explaining the very basics of "typography", its history, characteristics, terminology and best-practices.
Yesterday the 11th of June 2015, the User Experience department took us down the exciting path of fonts and typography.
Facilitated by Crystal Chijindu, we came to realize the importance of Typography as an intricate element of design and idea development.
Have a good read and don't forget to share.
Typography - a creative presence that a lot of people overlook and take for granted, little do we understand the history and power of typography. Your choice of type could make or break a campaign, which is why our graphic designer Miles, is here to educate you on everything you need to know on the topic.
Cunning Plan - The Power of Typography Lizzie Clarke
Typography - a creative presence that a lot of people overlook and take for granted, little do we understand the history and importance of typography. Your choice of type could make or break a campaign, which is why our graphic designer, Miles, is here to educate you on everything you need to know on the topic.
Typography - a creative presence that a lot of people overlook and take for granted, little do we understand the history and power of typography. Your choice of type could make or break a campaign, which is why our graphic designer Miles, is here to educate you on everything you need to know on the topic.
Cunning Plan - The Power of Typography Lizzie Clarke
Typography - a creative presence that a lot of people overlook and take for granted, little do we understand the history and importance of typography. Your choice of type could make or break a campaign, which is why our graphic designer, Miles, is here to educate you on everything you need to know on the topic.
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11. The quick brown
fox jumped over the
lazy dog.
Rawan Abdulmajeed
Exploration Two
60/66 Didot
Exp 2 / Typesetting
12. The rules of typography can be broken,
but never ignored.
Rawan Abdulmajeed
Exploration Two
36/48 Frutiger
Exp 2 / Typesetting
13. Type design is rarely, if ever, about being wholly original. At root, there is the need to conform to a great tradition of letterforms., a tradition which enables
us to have the notion of a readable alphabet. And yet, a totally unreadable font driven out the familiar territory of a keyboard is created within the context of
language-making tools. Something familiar through which we know our instructions are being codified, our orders remembered. Forget the bookthe magazine,
or the television - they are secondary realizations of typography. It is the keyboard and screen that are our typographic mediators now, and our typographic
intelligence is bonded with that of computers. Type is about much more than questions of legibility or readability. Fashions and technological change are just
part of the backdrop. What makes typography fascinating, and an essential enquiry for anybody involved in design,is that this activity is a manifestation of our
search for greater efficiency and greater power in the written word. It reveals personalities, politics, and economic factors, along with advances in science. It is
a celebration of humanity, and a vital and subtle indicator of values. - Lewis Blackwell, Twentieth Century Type
Rawan Abdulmajeed
Exploration Two
10/18 Garamond
Exp 2 / Typesetting
14. Rawan Abdulmajeed
Exploration Two
8/33 Futura
Type design is rarely, if ever, about being wholly original. At root, there is the need to conform to a great tradition of letterforms., a tradition which enables us to have the notion of a readable alphabet. And yet, a totally
unreadable font driven out the familiar territory of a keyboard is created within the context of language-making tools. Something familiar through which we know our instructions are being codified, our orders remembered.
Forget the bookthe magazine, or the television - they are secondary realizations of typography. It is the keyboard and screen that are our typographic mediators now, and our typographic intelligence is bonded with that of
computers. Type is about much more than questions of legibility or readability. Fashions and technological change are just part of the backdrop. What makes typography fascinating, and an essential enquiry for anybody
involved in design,is that this activity is a manifestation of our search for greater efficiency and greater power in the written word. It reveals personalities, politics, and economic factors, along with advances in science. It
is a celebration of humanity, and a vital and subtle indicator of values. - Lewis Blackwell, Twentieth Century Type
Exp 2 / Typesetting
15. Rawan Abdulmajeed
Exploration Two
7/12 ITC Century
Type design is rarely, if ever, about being wholly original. At root, there is the need to conform to a great tradition of letterforms., a tradition which enables us to have the notion of a readable alphabet. And yet, a totally
unreadable font driven out the familiar territory of a keyboard is created within the context of language-making tools. Something familiar through which we know our instructions are being codified, our orders remembered.
Forget the bookthe magazine, or the television - they are secondary realizations of typography. It is the keyboard and screen that are our typographic mediators now, and our typographic intelligence is bonded with that of
computers. Type is about much more than questions of legibility or readability. Fashions and technological change are just part of the backdrop. What makes typography fascinating, and an essential enquiry for anybody
involved in design,is that this activity is a manifestation of our search for greater efficiency and greater power in the written word. It reveals personalities, politics, and economic factors, along with advances in science.
It is a celebration of humanity, and a vital and subtle indicator of values. - Lewis Blackwell, Twentieth Century Type
Exp 2 / Typesetting
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R
R
R
R
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Didone
Didot is a name given to a group of typefaces
named after the famous French printing and type
producing family. The classification is known as
modern, or Didone. The typeface we know today
was based on a collection of related types
developed in the period 1784–1811. Firmin Didot
(1764–1836) cut the letters, and cast them as type in
Paris. His brother, Pierre Didot used the types in
printing. His edition of La Henriade by Voltaire
P2 / Type posters
17. Slab Serif
Rockwell is a serif typeface belonging to the classification
slab serif, or Egyptian, where the serifs are unbracketed and
similar in weight to the horizontal strokes of the letters. The
typeface was designed at the Monotype foundry's in-house
design studio in 1934. The project was supervised by Frank
Hinman Pierpont. Slab serifs are similar in form and in
typographic voice to realist sans-serifs like Franklin Gothic.
Rockwell is geometric.
P2 / Type posters
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Sans-Serif
H. Berthold AG was one of the largest and
most successful type foundries in the world
for most of the modern typgraphic era, making
the transition from foundry type to cold type
successfully and only coming to dissolution in
the digital type era. Established in 1858 by
Hermann Berthold
P2 / Type posters
24. Rawan Abdulelah Abdulmajeed
Graphic Designer & Art Director
Raabdulmajeed.blogspot.com
Behance.net/ramajeed
Raabdulmajeed@gmail.com
(415) 316 - 8437
From: Rawan Abdulelah Abdulmajeed
458 Bush st
San Francisco, CA 46719
To: Rayan Abdulmajeed
435 Westfiled st
Omaha,NE 94381
To whom it may concern,
Rawan Abdulmajeed was my student in a graduate level writing class. She was
very motivated to excel, and surprised me with her talent, thoughtfulness, and
tenacity. Additionally and for other classes, she attended my writing workshop.
Because she hardworking and creative,she improved tremendously.
In her approach to her work, I notice that she is very eager to improve, very
organized, attentive to detail and consistently careful. When she decides to do
something, she nails it. With opportunity and direction, she creates wonderful
things.
Best regards,
Rawan Abdulelah Abdulmajeed
Graphic Designer & Art Director
Behance.net/ramajeed
Raabdulmajeed.blogspot.com
Raabdulmajeed@gmail.com
(415) 316 - 8437
P3 / Letterhead + Business Card
25. Rawan Abdulmajeed
Exploration Five
10 / 30 Frutiger (Italic, Roman)
14 / 30 Frutiger (Bold)
Letters of Introduction
From Twentieth Century Type by Lewis Blackwell
Type design is rarely, if ever, about being wholly original. At root, there is the need to conform to a great tradition
of letterforms, a tradition which enables us to have the notion of a readable alphabet. And yet, a totally unreadable
font drivenout the familiar territory of a keyboard is created within the context of language- making tools. Something
familiar through which we know our instructions are being codified, our orders remembered. Forget the book the
magazine, or the television- they are secondary realizations of typography. It is the keyboard and screen that are our
typographic mediators now, and our typographic intelligence is bonded with that of computers.
Exp5 / Typographic Hierachy
26. Rawan Abdulmajeed
Exploration Five
9 / 14 Gill Sana (Bold, Light Italic, Black)
Letters of Introduction
From Twentieth Century Type by Lewis Blackwell
Type design is rarely, if ever, about being wholly original. At root, there is the need to conform to a great
tradition of letterforms, a tradition which enables us to have the notion of a readable alphabet. And yet,
a totally unreadable font drivenout the familiar territory of a keyboard is created within the context of
language- making tools. Something familiar through which we know our instructions are being codified,
our orders remembered. Forget the book the magazine, or the television- they are secondary realizations
of typography. It is the keyboard and screen that are our typographic mediators now, and our typographic
intelligence is bonded with that of computers.
Exp5 / Typographic Hierachy
27. Rawan Abdulmajeed
Exploration Five
30 / 48 Franklin Gothic (Extra Condensed)
60 / 36 Franklin Gothic (Condensed)
24 / 24 Franklin Gothic (Extra Condensed)
Letters of Introduction
From Twentieth Century
Type by Lewis BlackwellType design is rarely, if ever, about being wholly original. At root, there is the
need to conform to a great tradition of letterforms, a tradition which enables
us to have the notion of a readable alphabet. And yet, a totally unreadable
font drivenout the familiar territory of a keyboard is created within the con-
text of language- making tools. Something familiar through which we know our
instructions are being codified, our orders remembered. Forget the book the
magazine, or the television- they are secondary realizations of typography. It
is the keyboard and screen that are our typographic mediators now, and our
typographic intelligence is bonded with that of computers.
Exp5 / Typographic Hierachy
28. Rawan Abdulmajeed
Exploration Five
Futura Family
Letters of Introduction
From Twentieth Century Type by Lewis Blackwell
Type design is rarely, if ever, about being wholly original. At root, there is the need to conform to a great
tradition of letterforms, a tradition which enables us to have the notion of a readable alphabet. And yet,
a totally unreadable font drivenout the familiar territory of a keyboard is created within the context of
language- making tools. Something familiar through which we know our instructions are being codified,
our orders remembered. Forget the book the magazine, or the television- they are secondary realizations
of typography. It is the keyboard and screen that are our typographic mediators now, and our typographic
intelligence is bonded with that of computers.
Exp5 / Typographic Hierachy
29. Rawan Abdulmajeed
Exploration Five
Rockwell Family
Letters of Introduction
From Twentieth Century Type by Lewis Blackwell
Type design is rarely,if ever,about being wholly original.At root,there is the
need to conform to a great tradition of letterforms, a tradition which enables
us to have the notion of a readable alphabet.And yet,a totally unreadable font
drivenout the familiar territory of a keyboard is created within the context
of language- making tools. Something familiar through which we know our
instructions are being codified,our orders remembered.Forget the book the
magazine, or the television- they are secondary realizations of typography. It
is the keyboard and screen that are our typographic mediators now, and our
typographic intelligence is bonded with that of computers.
Exp5 / Typographic Hierachy