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.

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.

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.

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.

Hand Rendered

I was looking around campus to find hand rendered type, and while I was walking through my dorm I saw these signs are written by hand. These signs are everywhere around the residential side of campus telling everyone what is and isn't allowed to be done. These signs are seen everyday by most of the students residing on campus, and they are all done by hand.

Historically Influenced Type

I was looking throughout the art building to find type that would be historically influenced. I found this poster right outside one of the rooms and this looks just like the De Stijl style that originated in Holland. It represents this style because it uses flat geometric shapes to seperate everything, and the color in it is all primary. Also the font that is in here is sans serif which is typical in the De Stijl style.

Naturally Occuring Letterform

I found this image to represnt naturally occuring letterform while I was sitting outside my dorm near some flowers. I saw that leaves created the outline for an uppercase "A" and there was a piece of mulch that stood out that formed the crosshatch of the A. The negative space in between the leave forms the closed and open counter of the uppercase A.