In small groups, let’s try and research a few different typeface examples and see if we can analyze their characteristics. Please review your group assignment, and then use that type foundry to respond to the questions below.
Group 1(Chichi, Michelle N., Kristy): Google Fonts
Limited styles and family, too complicated, and there isn’t a more legible option. It was created based off of the“Mai-Kai” restaurant logo- interesting background but still difficult to read and integrate.
It is in only regular, some letters don’t look like the letter they are supposed to be if the size got smaller , and can’t be used anywhere.
This font is thin and curvy, it’s hard to read. And also there’s only one style.
The font isn’t cohesive and looks confusing. The curves in the letter‘t’,‘l’,‘d’ and‘k’ seem too similar yet confusing hence there could be some sense of clear movements between the letters.
The font becomes almost illegible when scaled down
Looks like a barcode
The typeface is hard to be distinguished by letters.
too abstract
limited sizes, it’s hard to be read when it’s too small or too big
Before switching gears, let’s pick out a few projects that stood out to the group from the last class.
New project intro. Read Project brief →
👀 A few interesting uses of typography online
⌨️ In-Class Exercise: Type on a Screen
For each question, find an example of a web font that…
1. Is poorly drawn. What qualities make it not well drawn?