Expressive Words

For my design approach, the interpretation of each word is based on my perception by using both uppercase and lowercase letters, letter spacing, angles, big and small typefaces, and black and gray tints. For each word, comprehensibility and visibility are important, because you would like the viewer to still be able to read the word. In page one, the word strict is placed in a descending order, in which each letter becomes smaller. My interpretation of the word means hierarchy and dictatorship, in which each person, in this case letter, has a superior. In this case, the letter S is the “dictator” of all by imposing strict laws. Similar to page two, the next five letters are inside the big typeface S to demonstrate that a person dominates and leads everyone else. In page three, each letter in the word quiet gets smaller as a contrast to how sound becomes less audible. For page four, quiet means complete silence by placing a strikethrough between the word. In pages five and six, the word silly bleeds outside the page to show that being silly means being playful by hiding. In the next page, silly also means being all over the place. For the word elegant, I want each word to represent sophisticated and simple. For the word romantic, I interpret it as partnership with the letters R and C. For the last page, romantic is equivalent to being in a relationship, in which being in one should not be a burden. As you can see, the letter R is upside down with the remaining letter on top which shows burden. In this project, I learned that words can be interpreted in various ways, and that the design doesn’t need to be overbearing. Through expressive words, you are able to convey your message in a simple manner.