{"id":434,"date":"2020-12-02T11:19:24","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T11:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/macuevas\/?p=434"},"modified":"2020-12-02T11:28:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T11:28:28","slug":"typographic-infographic-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/macuevas\/2020\/12\/02\/typographic-infographic-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Typographic Infographic Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Final Poster, ‘Cutting Through Type’ 10×24″<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For my infographic timeline, my goal was to create a simple informative yet engaging infographic timeline poster about typography. Once I had finished researching the dates and typeface categories, I mulled over many different layouts and themes as seen in my process sketches below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I knew I wanted to incorporate black paper cuttings and I immediately thought of Saul Bass’s movie posters. After taking a look at some of his works I came across a poster that I thought I could work with perfectly given the bars for information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saul Bass (1964)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once I gathered inspiration, I brainstormed titles involving something that breaks through the bars of type and I thought of the word ‘punchcutter’. That leads me to the idea of the metal typesetting and the title of “Cutting Through Type.” It worked to my favour that I could exaggerate the size of the movable type and incorporate the letter ‘T’ into my title and then I cut out the black letters that would fall to hint at the word ‘type.’ <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my colour choices, I wanted my poster to have high contrast with the black bars so I opted for a bold yellow colour as my background which I painted. I then accented dark blue lines that lead to the title (inspired by Jan Tschichold). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reflective Thoughts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This project was a lot of fun to put together but I definitely underestimated the amount of time it would take me to research accurate information and decide on a theme. Given the fact I spent more than 5 hours researching and planning out how I wanted the poster to look, and because of my efforts and satisfaction with the end result I rate my project a 10\/10. I think I successfully followed the brief and was able to incorporate design elements including colour, line, negative space. I liked my simplistic high contrast design and I don’t think I needed to add any more decorative elements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=behance+historical+typeface+timeline&tbm=isch&rlz=1C5CHFA_enCA917CA917&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiQrJ_u8qvtAhUFmp4KHbh6DcgQBXoECAEQKw&biw=1130&bih=873#imgrc=BrhYzFhncMV31M<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.pinterest.ca\/pin\/370913719292011128\/visual-search\/?x=16&y=11&w=530&h=374&cropSource=6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/95017721\/A-History-of-Typography<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/visual.ly\/community\/Infographics\/history\/history-typography-timeline<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/visual.ly\/community\/Infographics\/other\/history-typography-0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.pinterest.ca\/pin\/370913719292011128\/visual-search\/?x=16&y=11&w=530&h=374&cropSource=6<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/medium.com\/@glanceclock\/the-evolution-of-wall-clocks-c2b069b2d394<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/timeline3\/latest\/embed\/index.html?source=14RjW-XGBNzODII3qcIc_BtJGF9Dqzf4jVGx2h-dpRNI&font=Default&lang=en&timenav_position=top&hash_bookmark=true&initial_zoom=2&height=650#event-didot-and-bodoni-emerge-as-the-first-modern-fonts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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