Juan Villanueva Typography 1
Part A — Portfolio
Juan Villanueva Typography 1 Part A—Portfolio Spring 2017 The City College of New York 1 Name Tag
Juan Villanueva Typography 1 Part A—Portfolio Spring 2017 The City College of New York 2 Helvetica a
Juan Villanueva Typography 1 Part A—Portfolio Spring 2017 The City College of New York 3 Garamond g
Answers to questions from Week 1.
Original Revised
Juan Villanueva Typography 1 Part A—Portfolio Spring 2017 The City College of New York 4 Lettering
Punk a Circus M
Juan Villanueva Typography 1 Part A—Portfolio Spring 2017 The City College of New York 5 New York City
Answers to questions from Week 2.
Juan Villanueva Typography 1 Part A—Portfolio Spring 2017 The City College of New York 6 New York City - Revision
Answers to questions from Week 3.
Juan Villanueva Typography 1 Part A—Portfolio Spring 2017 The City College of New York 7 New York City - Process
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Place all your versions of NYC in sequential order from your first draft to the last one. The point here is to see your progress.
Answer the following questions:
1. What are some of the changes in your work and work ethic that you've experienced throughout this project? 2. What was your biggest challenge? 3. What are some of the lessons or skills that you've gained from this project that are most valuable to you?
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Juan Villanueva Typography 1 Part A—Portfolio Spring 2017 The City College of New York 8 New York City - Final
Answer the following questions:
1. How do you feel about your final piece? 2. How would you improve it?
Juan Villanueva Typography 1 Part A—Portfolio Spring 2017 The City College of New York 9 Revival - Digitization
Answers to questions from Week 4.
Bodoni Bold 600dpi Book of AmericanTypes by ATF
Juan Villanueva Typography 1 Part A—Portfolio Spring 2017 The City College of New York 10 Revival - Words
Answer the following questions:
1. What was the toughest pair or letters to space? Why? 2. Why do you think some letter combinations are tougher to space than others? Use an example from one of the words you manually typeset to explain. 3. When do you think it's appropriate to manually space things?
Bodoni Bold 600dpi Book of AmericanTypes by ATF
Juan Villanueva Typography 1 Part A—Portfolio Spring 2017 The City College of New York 11 Revival - Expanded
Complete the missing letters from either Caslon or Bodoni using the source specimen and typeset:
Regulated Bodoni Bold or DistinctlyReg lated Distinctly Caslon Heavy
You can use the "words" template to do this and hide the guidelines and caption before exporting as a pdf.
Don't worry about showing the baseline, x-height or cap height. Make sure your text is left-aligned.
Upload the pdf inside the revival folder on the shared drive: Caslon odolni
• YourName_RevivalExpanded.pdf
Answer the following questions:
1. By now, you've most likely developed feelings and opinions towards Caslon or Bodoni? What are they? 2. What's your favorite feature (typographic detail) of Caslon or Bodoni? Why? 3. If you could rename this typeface, what would the name be? Heavy old
Juan Villanueva Typography 1 Part A—Portfolio Spring 2017 The City College of New York 12 Revival - Name Tag an illan eva
Complete the missing letters from either Caslon or Bodoni Upload the pdf inside the revival folder on the shared drive: Answer the following questions: using the source specimen and typeset your name. • YourName_RevivalNameTag.pdf 1. How does your name typeset on this particular typeface You can use the "words" template to do this and hide the make you feel? guidelines and caption before exporting as a pdf. 2. How is this experience different from using a font de- signed by someone else? Don't worry about showing the baseline, x-height or cap 3. Are you happy with the results of this revival? What would height. Make sure your text is centered. you change?
Juan Villanueva Typography 1 Part A—Portfolio Spring 2017 The City College of New York 13 Portfolio Checklist
2 — Name Tag 3 — Helvetica a 4 — Garamond g Comparison + Writing 5 — Punk A & Circus M 6 — NYC + Writing 7 — NYC Revised + Writing 8 — NYC Process + Writing 9 — NYC Final + Writing 10 — Revival Digitization + Writing 11 — Revival Words + Writing 12 — Revival Expanded + Writing 13 — Revival Name Tag + Writing
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