Here is my analysis of typography and my personal
understanding of what typography actually is.
Typography is
the art and skill of designing and rearranging text to make language
that is written more readable and more aesthetically pleasing when
shown. The arrangement of text involves
selecting typefaces, point size, line length,
line-spacing which is also known as leading, letter spacing, (also
known as tracking) and resizing the space within pairs of letters which is
known as Kerning.
The term typography
also is used to talk about the style, arrangement and appearance of the
letters. As well as numbers, and symbols.
Typography is the
work of occupations such as typographers, graphic designer,
manga/anime artists, comic book artists/designers graffiti artists and lots
more. But now more recently, typography is used by any form of work that
arranges words, letters, symbols and numbers for aspects such as publication,
display or perhaps distribution. From clerical workers to magazine publishers,
until the ‘Digital Age’ typography was a specialized occupation.
Below, I have selected some photos as examples of
typography to enhance my understanding and knowledge.
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