Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Good Use of Ligature


I found it hard to find an example of this weeks assignment of good ligature. Eventually I did find one in the hallway of my dorm. It was a bulletin board made by students for octoberfest and this symbol was in the corner of it. I'm not actually sure what it means but I feel like this is a good example of a ligature. I think that the letters fit well together yet you can easily see that they are two seperate letters.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Poor Kearning

I found this example for bad kerning while I was in my life drawing room on the desk next to me. The space between the F and the a in faculty jumped out at me right away. They need to be moved closer together by a lot. The space between the U and the s in use could also be brought together more. Other then that I think the rest of the kerning looks okay in the words.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Bad Typography


I was looking around for examples of bad typography, and I saw this when I was in the shuttle going from class back to my dorm. I don't think that the typography is particularly bad but I don't feel like this is a succesful advertisment for the store because the ad is so boring. There is nothing that draws you in. The font that they used for the headline (I'm pretty sure it's Helvetica) doesn't catch the eye at all. I think they could have done something a little more exciting with the font or colors in order to get people attention that are riding the shuttle.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Good Typography


I found this image on my roommates biology book, and I felt that it was a worthy example of good typography. I feel like the title of the book is so clean and simple and the kerning is done well. The plan sans serif white font really stands out from the green image that is behind it. I like that they kept the cover page very simple because it feels more educational to me. I have to say looking through the halls and the posters that are hung around KU I had a hard time finding an example for good typography this week.