This method is very interesting and it looks good. I never know this method, and these days I did not know that this kind of method. When I use this method in graphic design, it would be more detail and clean design. However, the processing of the method is complicate, and it takes long time to do design.  It is difficult and, I think I need to learn special skills. I could use this method when client wants detail hand typographic work.

This video was interesting to watch. Punchcutting seems like it is very simple but complicated process. You simply copy the letter to the metal piece but it takes a long time to file down the metal piece to make it look nice. Punchcutting is what we went to in the beginning of the class. Tracing our name. It was not easy to trace the letters but we all did it. Punchcutting is an old method but we cannot ignore it because without it we would not have newspapers in the old days and whatever needed to be printed.

The method of punch cutting was very tedious. In
the times that it was used, punch cutting was viewed as a career choice. The
level of patience and precision that it took just to design a single letter is
unbelievable. The worker would need a very sharp eye and steady hands for this
kind of work. Thanks to technology advances programs like Indesign make
designing letters seem like child’s play. An assignment for this course would
take me months to finish and submit using the punch cutting method. I can only
imagine the countless amounts of raw material that were used just to accomplish
a simple task.

The video on punch cutting was eye opening to say the least. Coming from a generation where nearly all letters are created with keyboards, and used in tweets and statuses, it is very shocking to learn how typefaces were first created and reproduced. The tedious process of punch cutting makes me very much appreciate the modern day inventions that make the practice useless and outdated. For a world where I have to hand draw every single letter is not a world I want to live in. At first when I came to class and was told to get out tracing paper to trace letters, I immediately panicked and wanted to flee the classroom. However, after much trial and errors, I learned that the seemingly ancient and outdated process can actually teach us very important elements of design, such as choosing the correct typeface and letter spacing.

It was fascinating to watch that video demonstrating exactly how much effort goes into traditional type-setting. At first I was impatient with the beginning of the course – I wanted to jump right into InDesign immediately. But as I saw more of the manual processes involved, I was forced to observe the subtle intricacies that go into selecting typefaces and setting them to design words. I understood more of how letter shapes flow and what makes each typeface unique – which are things I took for granted in the past.

As I watch the process, I realize that it takes craftsmanship to work with all the tools. I think it is really cool to be able to do this because organizational skills and planning skills are developed due to the precise nature of punch cutting. I  like designing in this point in time because programs like Indesign allow me to implement the ideas of design with out having to produce each letter in a tedious manner such as this.

The video presented great info about punch cutting and showed how it works. Punch cutting takes a lot of preparation  and effort to set up and use. I can’t imagine designing with punch cutting because even the slightest mistake can ruin the whole project and make you redo the project all over again. In today’s world, we are lucky to have advanced technologies that helps and allows us do all kinds of creative and crazy designs. With a simple undo command we can clear the mistakes and not worry about redoing the whole project.

I take my hat off to the people that have had the patients to sit and create the letters that we use today. I do not feel that I would ever be able to sit and punch out the letters, I like that I can preview the fonts that I would like to use and in a matter of second I can just delete it and then try out a new type. I think That if I had to use this method it would take me a very long time and I don’t know if I would really like it. My favorite thing about my projects is that I can experiment with different types. this method would take away time from that and my designs would not be what they are like.

I think this method would hinder the amount of creativity that could be put into a design. Whilst, it is truly fascinating and cool how he puts so much time into each letter, I can imagine that after doing all of that work, I’m not sure I would still want to, or be able to make a design with type similar to that which we make in class. I would love to learn how to do all punchcutting, but it really does make me appreciate modern design programs by putting into perspective the amount of time it used to take to set type. It must have been so incredibly frustrating to get something wrong after you had worked so long to make it perfect. Watching these videos gave me a lot of respect for the people who had to do this.

The man who show how to punchcutting seems to have patience because finishing a production requires lots of time. Unlike today’s graphic design with computer, we can print a one page article within a few seconds. According to my observation, the man uses plastic film to trace the word “R” which is similar to the tracing paper I used for the first assignment. Also, the man try to perfect the edge little by little. I think this is the attitude toward our designing process.