Gabrielle Swenson

I had chosen Baskerville mainly because of aesthetic reasons. The greater contrast between he thick and thin relationship as well as the curves made it more elegant and pleasing to the eye. I also thought it would not be that difficult to freehand, however looks can be deceiving.

This assignment was more beneficial than I expected. First, I learned how to work with the materials. I had never worked with different types of hardness and softness of pencils nor had I ever worked with tracing paper. The hard part and what I learned the most was from freehand drawing letters. Overall, I found lowercase letters were much more difficult because of all the curves. I really had to think of proportions with this font or it would look like a completely different typeface. It took me many practices to get close to the actual typeface. My goal was not to get caught up on making my freehand perfect, but it was to see how well I could forehand so that I could really pay attention to the thick and thin relationship and the curves.

I learned a lot from this assignment in the end and it made me more aware
the differences of each typeface and the details that differentiates each one.