Advanced Typography - Final Compilation & Reflection

9.6.2025 - 18.7.2025 / Week 1 - Week 14
Aw Wen Chia / 0368828
Advanced Typography / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Click to go to original post

Task 1: Exercises

Task 2: Key Artwork & Collateral

Task 3: Type Exploration & Application

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SUBMISSION

Advanced Typography - Task 1: Exercises

21.4.2025 - 21.5.2025 / Week 1 - Week 5

Final Submission for Exercise 1:

Fig 1.1, Final Axial System - JPEG (Week 2 - 3.5.2025)

Fig 1.2, Final Radial System - JPEG (Week 2 - 3.5.2025)

Fig 1.3, Final Dilatational System - JPEG (Week 2 - 3.5.2025)

Fig 1.4, Final Grid System - JPEG (Week 2 - 3.5.2025)

Fig 1.5, Final Transitional System - JPEG (Week 2 - 3.5.2025)

Fig 1.6, Final Bilateral System - JPEG (Week 2 - 3.5.2025)

Fig 1.7, Final Modular System - JPEG (Week 2 - 3.5.2025)

Fig 1.8, Final Random System - JPEG (Week 2 - 3.5.2025)

Fig 1.9, Final Submission without Grids - PDF (Week 2 - 3.5.2025)

Fig 1.10, Final Submission with Grids - PDF (Week 2 - 3.5.2025)

Final Submission for Exercise 2:

Fig 1.11, Image & Extraction (Week 3 - 6.5.2025)

Fig 1.12, Extracted Letters (Week 3 - 6.5.2025)

Fig 1.13, Reshaping (Week 3 - 6.5.2025)

Fig 1.14, Reshaping (Week 3 - 6.5.2025)

Fig 1.15, Refining (Week 3 - 6.5.2025)

Fig 1.16, Final Alterations (Week 4 - 11.5.2025)

Fig 1.17, Exercise 2, Part 1, PDF compilation (Week 4 - 11.5.2025)

Fig 1.18, Final Type Poster - JPEG (Week 4 - 11.5.2025)

Fig 1.19, Final Type Poster - PDF (Week 4 - 11.5.2025)

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Advanced Typography - Task 2: Key Artwork & Collateral

26.5.2025 - 13.6.2025 / Week 6 - Week 8

TASK 2 FINAL COMPILATION:

Fig 2.1, Black wordmark on white background (2.6.2025)

Fig 2.2, White wordmark on black background (2.6.2025)

Fig 2.3, Colour Palette (2.6.2025)

Fig 2.4, Wordmark in actual colours on lightest shade of colour palette (2.6.2025)

Fig 2.5, Wordmark in lightest shade of colour palette on darkest shade of colour palette (2.6.2025)

Fig 2.6, Wordmark animation (7.6.2025)

Fig 2.7, Task 2A PDF Compilation  (2.6.2025)

Fig 2.8, Chosen Grid Layout  (2.6.2025)

Fig 2.9, Collateral 1 (2.6.2025)

Fig 2.10, Collateral 2 (2.6.2025)

Fig 2.11, Collateral 3 (2.6.2025)

Instagram Link: https://www.instagram.com/avery_franny/profilecard/?igsh=dTg2Z3J0MHhqbXkx

Fig 2.12, Screenshot of Instagram page (2.6.2025)

 

Fig 2.13 (2.6.2025)

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Advanced Typography - Task 3: Type Exploration & Application

16.6.2025 - 18.7.2025 / Week 9 - Week 13

TASK 3 FINAL COMPILATION:

Story behind the designs:

The two characters that are present for the majority of the designs are the two main characters of the light novel. The two have a complicated relationship and often clash with each other; however, as the story progresses, they start warming up to each other and eventually depend on each other.

To download font: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15H-pgETPsR84Hc_OIIYrRlKAwmz0IOPc/view?usp=sharing

Fig 3.1, PDF of Uppercase & Lowercase (Week 13)

Fig 3.2, FontForge screen grab (Week 13)

Five Font Presentation:

Fig 3.3, Font Presentation 1 (Week 13)

Fig 3.4, Font Presentation 2 (Week 13)

Fig 3.5, Font Presentation 3 (Week 13)

Fig 3.6, Font Presentation 4 (Week 13)

Fig 3.7, Font Presentation 5 (Week 13)

Five Font Application:

Fig 3.8, Font Application 1 (Week 13)

Fig 3.9, Font Application 2 (Week 13)

Fig 3.10, Font Application 3 (Week 13)

        

Fig 3.11, Font Application 4 (Week 13)

Fig 3.12, Font Application 5 (Week 13)

Fig 3.13, Font presentation and application PDF (Week 13)

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REFLECTION

Experience

Going into Advanced Typography, I was dreading it, to be honest. I went through Typography, and while I enjoyed some of the tasks, it was definitely not my favourite course. So when it came to an advanced version of a course I did not enjoy so much, I was not excited. However, when I heard my friends were in the same timeslot as me, I looked forward to it. And it was amazing, my friends being there made the entire course so much more enjoyable, and we made many funny memories, like how our tutor still mispronounced one of my friend's name even after being correct on three occasions. Moving on to the course itself, it really made me use all the knowledge I gained from Typography, it also taught me new skills, and I got a full font I am really proud of.

Observations

I saw plenty of my coursemates' work on the projector screen, which gave me a lot of material. However, as my friends and I were in the same timeslot, I got to see their work in progress, their sketches, digitisation, all of that before it even hits the projector in our classroom, which gave me a lot of insights into the process and since all of them had different ideas, their process, problems and how they fix their problems were all different, and that gave me endless ideas and solutions to the problems I face. Also, this course showed me that you can be creative and still follow the guidelines.

Findings

During Typography, we had to make a partial font, and back then, it was so hard for me. If you tell me back then we made an entire font based on the light novel we love, I would have gone mad. This module has really pushed me out of my comfort zone and made me do things I would have never thought of doing. Although there were so many bumps and a literal sink hole in the road, I managed to pull through and made some things I am proud of.