Typography and Image Creation

- AnAtomy of typogrAphy

Aimee Brown

CAp/AsCender-Line

meAn-Line

BAse-Line

desCender-Line

stem

Arm

desCender

Counter

ovAL BowL

terminAL

tAiL

AsCender

AnAtomy of type

vertiCAL stress

X height

My anatomy of the word ‘Typography’

I never knew that typography had so many terms and almost mathmatical qualities to it, so to learn about that was very inter- esting. Now knowing all the different lines such as the ascender, mean, base and descender make it so much easier to draw these words precisely. They give a guide line so that you know where to start and stop, helping with the proportions of the letters.

My attempt at drawing the word Typography in my chosen font Helvetica.

CeLtiC hAnd

Brush sCript

thorne shAded

drACLuLA inLine

my nAme in different fonts Celtic Hand was my first chosen font. I chose this as I have actually come across it before but had never tried to re-create it. I turned out to be very sim- ple and easy to draw.

For my second font I had chosen Brush Script. I feel like this is a very popular one and may come in handy for future use.

I wanted to move onto more interesting fonts. Therefore I found ‘Thorne Shaded’ and thought it would be great to practice 3D lettering.

When looking on the different websites, I came across ‘Dracula Inline’. It was a very unique font with quite a bit of detail. The hardest out of all to draw.