This week we have been watching videos on typeface and it's social impact, particularly the Helvetica, a sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger with Eduard Hoffmann. It's impact is marked by it's significance of being neutral or at least coming off subjectively to the viewer as being neutral. It has in many respects been a default for many commercial typeface and advertisements. It was mostly for educational purposes that we watched this, but secondarily because of the typeface project we were assigned. We are required to create a three types of typeface, each hand made, and each using a different medium. I had decided a week prior to use coffee for one, copper wire for another, and painted paper for the last. The finished photos shall be printed out 11X17 and mounted unto foam board. Along with this project I am required to take photos of five examples of good typography and five examples of bad typography and post them up on my blog. I should have that posted up on my blog by tomorrow.
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