I personally enjoyed working on this zine assignment. I was able to research a typeface that I found interesting and learned a lot in the process. In addition to this, I believe that this assignment helped my creative thinking process by forcing my mind to think creatively in finding ways to present information in an interesting and artistic manner. I decided to do my zine on Bodoni as I knew it was used in the posters of “Mamma Mia!” which is one of my mom’s favourite musical films. What I did not realize was that it was created in the early 1700s but was popularized in the early 1900s due to a renewal of this font. The word timeless immediately came to mind since it was used in a couple of centuries and is still used today and I followed the word timeless with typeface for a small bit of alliteration. Another thing I wanted to point out on my zine is the revitalization page, I wanted to represent this idea a little less literally and use the metaphor of the 15 growing seedlings as a “new life” for the Bodoni font with Morris Fuller being the individual tending to these seedlings represented by the rain. I would give myself an 8/10 for this assignment because although I feel like I was able to present my information well, I could have made it flow better and try to implement more colour to make it more engaging.
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