The type module has most definitely been the most useful

learning curve I have had to date. Visually, I understood

how to make a layout look good but lacked the theoretical

awareness behind why I was making certain decisions. Ulti-

mately, this has altered over the course of the module, and

my knowledge and hunger to learn more on the subject has

became apparent in my own personal design practice out-

side of the classes.

T Y P O G R A P H Y M O D U L E

Yafet Bisrat

OUGD204

Progressively, I have come to apprehend that typography is

more about the logic and thinking behind choices. The type

must suit the purpose. If it is aiming for cheapness, then

cheapness is the look I must attain, if it is geared towards

elegance, then vice versa and so on so forth. Small details

like these are where good typography is separated from

great typography.

My journal has become an important asset in the way I work

and document things I see and want to pursuit further. Un-

fortunately, I began by using my journal as more of a

sketchbook, whereby I felt some of what I was noting was

unnecessary - abandoning the act of letting the type speak

for itself. This will be something I will address post module

hand in once I restart it and hopefully create an archive and

tool that I can reflect on in years to come.

On completion of the course, I can safely say I have learnt

an abundance of typographic knowledge and will definitely

be continuing down this route.

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