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When I saw these collection of old geography books from China I was instantly drawn to it, not just because it was written in Chinese, but also how dated it is and how the Xuen paper felt in my hands. … Continue reading →

I chose to focus on one of the old Washington State University’s posters trying to scare the freshman. I thought it was very interesting to walk around and look at all of the texts. It was cool to see how … Continue reading →

When looking at the comic I’ve created, I would say that it fits his definition of what a comic is very well. That being “juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence”. My comic fits all of these elements. First, all … Continue reading →

The typeface I decided to analyze is that of a Bible created in Germany by Anton Kobergerduring the 15th century. The type is very interesting as it is an example of early printing in Germany. You can see the clear … Continue reading →

The typeface in this book is a humanist serif font.  It uses both upper and lower case letters.  The uppercase has a high capline that looks slightly taller than its ascender line.  The descenders do not descend very far.  There … Continue reading →

The type in this picture is a mix of all types of font. There are serif and sans-serif fonts as well as regular, bold, and indented. The poster uses bold sanserif fonts for headings and things that are important to … Continue reading →

  Modularity is the use of some form of rule used in the design of a piece. This is typically something that is asked for by a client or a direction the artist is tryin to go. In this piece … Continue reading →

I have chose the Kitten-Flakes wrapping paper to help me discuss formstorming and modularity. When first glancing at this wrapping paper, I immediately noticed the constraints and modularity that were implied. Since Marian Bantjes was designing a wrapping paper, she … Continue reading →