The type module has come to an end, boo!
I'm really happy I chose type over image. I've learnt a lot over the past 9/10 weeks, and I feel as though my skills have greatly improved. I'm much more confident when designing and creating work now, and I'm a lot more at ease when showing people my work, even design companies!!
Easter wouldn't have been right without one final piece of type work. Cheers Graham.
We've been asked to create two layouts using the same text and images; for an academic magazine and a casual magazine.
Casual:
I have chosen a sans serif typeface, 'Myriad'. I feel comfortable using this, and I feel as though it works nicely for this kind of spread.
The typeface size is 8pt. Casual magazines generally have smaller writing. I wanted to make it look as spacious as possible although I found it quite difficult doing so. I couldn't make the type size smaller as it was small enough already. I changed the leading between the lines of writing, although there was only so much I could do before the text wouldn't fit on the page. What a dilemma. I thought about making the images smaller but I was fixed on keeping them at this size. It looks spacious to an extent. I purposely left more space at the top of the pages as well as around the images on the first page. I also chopped up the 'Bad Typography..' image into four to enable breathing space around the individual pieces.
I wanted to give the layout a variety when it came to the text. Each column and image is in-line with something else so it fits together.
Academic:
I used 'Times New Roman', a serif font, for the academic magazine layout. As this is an informative piece of writing, it's needs to read well, and a serif font would do the job just nicely.
The layout is pretty simple. Two columns on each page, although the width varies on one of them.
I kept the images nice and small, as the writing is the most important part of the magazine.
I wasn't as worried about keeping this as spacious as the casual magazine, although I kept in mind it still needs to breathe. I changed the leading slightly to increase the space between each line. I also left a gap at the top on the first page to give it some freedom. The images on the second page are space out equally and centered. I thought about other ways in which I could place them, but I felt as though how they look now looks professional and sleek. Looking at it now, I think they could have done with being a little smaller. They look a little squished by the text below and on top.
