Typography research...

Typography...

Terms of typography –

The image below shows a overview of the terms used when describing typography styles. There are certain aspects of type that help it easier for children to read and understand as suppose to using type that is more suitable to a advance reading audience such as teens and adults.

How to create a variation using text...

using different materials  – using a variety of materials weather they are scanned or the texture is used, gives a variation in style and visuals. Maybe it looks like certain objects in the story e.g. wooden in a forest story, soft fur or fluff if its about animals.

Concrete poems – words take the shape of something maybe either a object or an animal which help to describe the story a bit more, could act as part of a object or could also help to illustrate mood or feelings such as wind, wet, sad etc 

Limited colour can be effective – Sometimes only trying to use limited can be effective but it has to be used in the correct way, especially in a children’s book as colour is normally a key element of design for younger children otherwise it gets repetitive.

 Alignment...

range left – what is typically used in newspapers books and large amounts of text, as it is easier for the eye as it knows where the start of the next sentence is every time

range right – 

can be used for small amount of text and information and is also sometimes used to add descriptions and side annotations to images

centered-

centered is also used for the same as range right, however normally makes the eyes work more as it is un known as to where the next line will start

justified –  ( makes clean reading) often used in newspaper to fill up columns and sections in newspapers sometimes forms ‘rivers’ int he text which also make it harder to read ( see below)

styles...

Serif- more traditional classic look, lots of text helps with to support images, is the more familiar typeface

San Serif – modern and contemporary, Small parts of blogs

Infantised version of text – Sassoon primary , infant gill sans, One story a’s and g’s, longer ascender, rounded open counter, medium weight, larger x height, mixture of upper and lower cas

Visual hierarchy- viewing things in a specific order, title or big images first, then sub headings, and then finally the type/text last

 Typography with food...

When researching food and typography together I came across various interesting designs that combined the two together to create food type. This would be a very creative way of making titles and headings in a children's cookbook as it is clever and fun at the same time. This would appeal to the target audience well and would help encourage children to get involved and learn.