Monday 19 November 2012

OUGD404 - Design Principles Typeface

In our last studio session we were asked to identify 5 fonts with very different qualities. We now have to identify the full typeface family for each font. The ones I have found are blogged below.

Kozuka Gothic Pr6N EL


Kozuka Gothic Pr6N L


Kozuka Gothic Pr6N M


Kozuka Gothic Pr6N R


Kozuka Gothic Pr6N B


Kozuka Gothic Pr6N H


Palatino Linotype Regular


Palatino Linotype Italic




Palatino Linotype Bold


Palatino Linotype Bold Italic




Lucida Blackletter Regular


Mistral Regular


Imprint MT Shadow


We then had to experiment to find out which is the most readable of all of the typefaces...

Experimenting with type and point sizes 12, 32 and 72

Kozuka Gothic Pr6N Lowercase

12 pt






Kozuka Gothic Pr6N Uppercase








Kozuka Gothic is hard to read when it is at 12 point. It is slightly more readable when it is bold but I wouldn't choose to use this size for any of my work as it wouldn't be appropriate.

32 pt

Kozuka Gothic Pr6N Lowercase








Kozuka Gothic Pr6N Uppercase





At 32 point it is much more readable in 'M' and it works well for body text.

72 pt


Kozuka Gothic Pr6N Lowercase














Kozuka Gothic Pr6N Uppercase













At 72 point this font is very readable in 'M'.

Most readable

Most readable font for Kozuka Gothic Pr6N typeface




Most readable font for Palatino Linotype typeface



Most readable font for Lucida Blackletter



Most readable font for Mistral Regular



Most readable font for Imprint MT Shadow



We then had to choose 4 fonts...

  • Block - Impact
  • Script - Giddyup Std
  • Roman - Times New Roman
  • Gothic - News Gothic MT
With these fonts we had to cut up 'ABC' 10x10cm ready for the next session.

Impact



Giddyup Std



Times New Roman


News Gothic MT






















































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