Visuals
Project Overview
A semester-long study of the typeface Caslon, designed by William Caslon in 1734. The final deliverable contains learnings from the study of letterforms, counter forms, weights, kerning, grids, rules, points, scale, and how to show the distinction between two-like forms.
Process
Because this project was a semester-long journey. The entire process of this book consisted of learning about an aspect of typography through a short informative lecture followed by an in-depth critique of the assignment iterations. Both the class and the professor had feedback on ways to improve the assignment. This process continued for each class meeting the entire semester. The final product was printed and utilized french folds and coil binding. Covers and new chapter spreads were created based on a composition of my choice.
Reflection
Although I believe every project I work on reminds me of the importance of iterations, this project truly taught me the importance and helped me understand with iterations can be so vital in producing a good product. Every time I thought that I perfected something I was also challenged to push my boundaries and continue to make changes. We were taught that no project is truly finished, one just simply runs out of time to work on it. At first, I didn't understand what that meant, and I didn't understand how my project couldn't be finished but throughout this semester-long project, I came to understand that you can always iterate and improve upon a design. Even if it's considered "good" there was always something we could approve on and learn more about.
