For this project, what made more sense for me was creating a timeline, and organizing the different categories chronologically. I also thought the best way to show the characteristics of the typefaces, was to make the example as big as possible. Therefore, I did various sketches with this concept. For me, the biggest challenge in this assignment was to find an interesting way to include all the text that was needed for the descriptions and characteristics. Because there were already going to be a lot of text elements, as well as big letters, I did not want to saturate the poster with unnecessary extra elements, I did not want it to look overwhelming. The desire of having a simple-looking poster, this reminded me a bit of the Bauhaus posters, and by looking at this kind of posters, I decided on the color palette.
It took me around five hours to complete this project, including the time for the research, and all the sketching process. To be honest I would give myself a 5/10, since I do not live the way the text is organized, and I do not think it is a very innovative or creative concept. It does not even really looks like it has five hours of work. I would have liked to spend way more time creating something better, but due to personal circumstances, I had to rush.
I do like the way the big letters look, and I think the way I included the name of each category works well. I also think the colours are fine. The top heading could have been better, but I know for sure what annoys me the most about this piece, is how messy the text looks. If I had thought about this part more carefully, I believe I could have achieved a better-looking poster.