Studio Brief 2, What is a book?

We had to bring in 15 questions about type, legibility and readability and colour theory. 5 on each.

As a group of 4 we then had to discuss them and use them to make a top ten question list.

These questions had to be ones we could research well and talk about a lot because the research will be the content of 10 double page spread layout book. 

We separated the questions into the three categories and chose which ones we wanted to research. 

I chose 'What are the main anatomical features of signs' and 'What are differences between type face and font?'

I will research these questions and bring back sources and quotes etc for the next session.

Because there was four of us and ten questions we decided to pair off and do one of the last two question together.

Aimee and I did 'How can type be arranged correctly'

What are the differences between type face and font?

A typeface is the design, the shape and style that flows through all the glyphs. It's the overall design that makes that letter form or glyph identifiable within other fonts.

A font is the digital version of the typeface. It's the piece of software that's made for the computer. 

What are main anatomical features of type?

This image shows the full glossary of the anatomy of type. However the main and most important ones are;

Counter - The space within in the letter 

X Height - The height of the lower case letters

Base line - The line the letters sit on

Cap Height - The highest point of the letters, where the stem                  stops also

Terminal - Where the letter stops

Cross Bar - The bar within the capital A and e

Serif - The bracket that is on some fonts

Lobe - The loop of g's and such letters

Ascender - The line of a letter that goes up

Descender - The line of a letter that goes down

Stem -The longest line of the a letter