Meghan Sharp

For this project I decided to choose Bodoni style. I chose Bodoni because I really liked how type looked more modern. While working it with it I realized that it wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be. Bodoni was what became the modern type with the serif being boxed out instead of rounded on the edges. Trying to create the perfect serifs with perfect straight edges was really challenging. Also, working with the thick and thin relationship of certain letters became a challenge. While working on my name, free handed, it was difficult to do the M and the N without any help.

Another challenging part of this project was creating the perfect amount of space between each letter. I had a really tough time with R and A in my word “CRAFTY”. There was a lot of white space between the two of them at first when I did my first draft. I had so much space because I thought having them too close wouldn’t look right, when in fact having them closer made the whole word look more like a word and more put together. Even though this project was tedious and frustrating, it really made me understanding the art of type more and have more of an appreciation of it.