typography II • spring '21 • type specimen booklet
project overview
purpose
to understand the development of our alphabet and its historical application in communication; to develop an aesthetic awareness and appreciation for letterforms.
assignment
create an eight page, full-color brochure that includes the history of a typeface and describing historical classifications. additionally, arrange the pages into spreads which reference historical page dynamics from the time the typeface was originally created while giving it a more modern typographical appearance.
selected typeface - didot
to understand the development of our alphabet and its historical application in communication; to develop an aesthetic awareness and appreciation for letterforms.
assignment
create an eight page, full-color brochure that includes the history of a typeface and describing historical classifications. additionally, arrange the pages into spreads which reference historical page dynamics from the time the typeface was originally created while giving it a more modern typographical appearance.
selected typeface - didot
