GAMES-UT 201: Intro to Visual Communication

Tisch School of the Arts • Game Design Department

Winnie Song • [email protected] • Fall 2016
Tuesday • 4:55-7:35PM • Room: 2MTC MAGNET 830

Elements Exercise: Typefaces

• Post to blog, your favorite typeface used within an image

• List the typeface’s family (Consult http://thinkingwithtype.com):

  • serif
  • sans serif,
  • slab serif,
  • script,
  • decorative or display

• Try to find out the name of your typeface, as well as the type designer if you can
  • Use either of the following to do so:
    • Fount - http://fount.artequalswork.com
    • What the Font - http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

• Discuss why the typeface is one of your favorites