Reading about type

The most important things about type are placement, point size, typefaces, tracking, and kerning.  All of these things effect how the type looks on the page.  After viewing these pages there is an unlimited way to change text.  Tracking and kerning are a tool that can change text even more on a page. This affects the spacing surrounding each element, which can give a tight locked feel, or a loose airy one.

A guideline that I found in typography in lawyers was interesting.  It explained that even dashes on computers are for different purposes and they all can affect the way a layout looks. The use of different font effects can help focus eyes to it.  Italicizing or writing a word in all caps can guide a readers eye to it and show what's most important on the page. Use grid based layouts when using typography.  This helps you lay out text and find organization between the text and white space.  Grids are an underlying structure for typography.  You don't always have to work on paper, meaning words and text can go off the page.  This creates a new border to a page that can be very interesting.

One thing I want to pay attention to is the tracking and kerning and different font aspects I can choose.  I can make sure all the type fits together how I want it.  I will have to take a closer look to see how all the letters look like when they are next to each other. I can change the way the font is set to make the eye move how I want it to on a document.  Italics, colors, and All caps all will affect this.

I was surprised to see an article about typography and lawyers.  Type is for everything and a lot of people don't realize that.  I like to know about typography as an art form because I get to look at articles or art work that use art and understand it.  I have studied typography before and I have explained what it is to many people, my parents and roommates. It's interesting to see how it effects almost everything you see and many people have no knowledge about it.   

Mr Badger-Deviant Art from Typography is Sexy.
I enjoy this image because of the old, aged look of the background.  The blues, reds, and blacks all contrast together and really make the words be the main focus of the image.  The ground works to involve the figure.  The ground is more organic against the harsh angles of the text. The proximity of the words is very close and the viewer can't read it and it makes me wonder what it says.  It doesn't bother me that I can't read it because i read the whole image as art not text.