For this task I put together a presentation explaining my answers and research.
An introductory slide from my presentation.
Here are my answers to the questions we were given-
When are you happiest?
When I'm at a christian event called Soul Survivor.
When I've bought new clothes!
What is your greatest fear?
Being forever alone. Being sick!
What is your happiest memory?
Everything from my trip to Kenya but in particular when we travelled up a mountain to a remote school and I was the first white person the children had ever seen.
What was your most embarrassing moment?
In year 6, I failed my cycling proficiency and cried in front of the whole class.
What makes you unhappy?
Seeing other people deliberately trying to make other people unhappy!
What did you want to be when you were growing up?
artist/vet/ballerina.
What is your guiltiest pleasure?
Watching friends constantly (Not even guilty!!)
What is your favourite hobby?
eating, sleeping, watching friends, shopping, sending ugly snapchats, going to Nandos.
Where is your favourite place?
Southport, its my home.
- Font Research -
I found it surprisingly difficult to research the fonts. This was for a mixture of reasons. Firstly, many of my sources contradicted each other factually, and it was difficult to identify how reliable the source was . Secondly, I came across a lot of typographic terminology I am yet to learn and understand. I did try to learn what various words meant but I felt that an explanation from a tutor would be more valuable to be and that I would gain a more solid understanding of typography this way than the mixture of sources I was coming across.
There is a lot to consider when choosing a font which describes you, so I decided to focus my ideas on where the font is used and its initial uses. I found it much easier to understand the font and why it was designed by looking at it from this point of view, rather than through the structural forms of the letters themselves. I would find it difficult to relate myself to a letter by its shape.
For my presentation, I laid out the basic facts about the fonts such as when it was created and who by, and of course where it is commonly found.
I was actually fairly surprised as the more I looked into these fonts, I really began to appreciate the typographic forms and see beauty in each letter form, even on fonts I was originally put off by!
I don't feel that the answers to my questions above really made any font stand out to relate to me. I chose a font that was not so visibly related to me in the questions. My final choice was Bodoni. This was because of its success in fashion labels and magazines. I have always been massively interested in magazines, mainly because of the layout design. It is what got me interested in graphic design in the first place. I used magazines for inspiration and in my art as well, in the use of textures and collage. Of course, I am a bit of a shopping addict and as mentioned I am happiest when I get to fill up my wardrobe more. What also attracted me to Bodoni was its description of a "romantic type" and its use in italian love poem texts. I have always loved a good romcom or in fact any story involving romance. This is potentially why I am so interested in Friends as a TV show because many of the story lines involve a romance of some sort. Finally, I thought I would consider the types form in some sense; I like the contrast in thick and thin strokes in the letters of Bodoni, I suppose this represents a few aspects of my personality, such as my mood swings (haha) and how I feel that I have a real mixed personality- I like a bit of everything. I suppose I go through phases of liking very different things. Its very difficult to explain..but I know what I mean!
A slide from my presentation and my final font.
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