Typography (Week 10) - The Booklet (Mocks-up)

23.3.16 (Week 10)

Fatin Nadia Binti Ishak (300 422 242)

Typography

Lecture:

He explained further details about the format of the booklet.

For instance;

- It can be 10 to 12 lines (can be from the poem)/ one word/ two words.

- It should have variations, as an example, we should follow BBC news rather than RTM news for the variations.

- One font or two to three fonts

- We can use one typeface that have range on it, for example 'Helvetica', which has 40 fonts under it.

Next, Mr. Vinod gave us feedback for last week task. He also remind us to copy words from the eportfolio in the word file and save it as PDF.

Mock up:

Print out any words etc., then put hard cover on it.

Instruction:

Task 2 (20%): The Booklet
Your task requires you to come up with 10-12 lines about your self. The lines can vary in the number of words (1 word, 5 words, 10 words). These lines will be arranged and expressed according to their meanings. Utilize the knowledge gained in all the tasks previously and express yourselves.

The booklet you are creating has 8 pages in all (2 A4 sheets stuck together and divided into halves). The format of the booklet is an accordion fold and affixed on either end with a card-board.

You have to compose your lines on the various pages, using a variety or appropriate fonts/typefaces, and then considering the size, impact of the respective artworks, place them in an appropriate sequence to ensure a healthy variation from page to page.

A demonstration of this shall be conducted in class. How to fold, how to create your illustrator template and how to place the typographic artworks (expressions of the different lines) in illustrator.

You will submit, a hardcopy print out and upload the respective JPEGs of the 8 pages in spreads of 2 onto your eportfolio.

Marking Criteria: Your work will be judged on whether you have been able to express the meaning of your sentences through your typography and layout (arrangement). The layouts must showcase sensitivity and creativity in the choice of font, its arrangement, its relevancy and its suitability in context of the sentences. It must reflect and enhance the inherent meaning of the sentences. 

You must look at the arrangements for all the pages and decide whether the pages look like a cohesive unit, whether there is a level of consistency or variation, so as to avoid monotony or over-consistency.

You will be judged on whether you have demonstrated critical thinking and exploration, research capability, ability to chronologically document your process and reflect on your journey. This evidence must be visible in your postings in the eportfolio and your in-class process work. 

Duration: 3 weeks
Deadline: week 13

Primary Research:

Search for a booklet picture online. I wonder how it usually looks like, the arrangements etc.

Below sample are amazing, the style and variations.

The sample below is very unique; I wonder how much time they spend, to create those booklets.

 

Secondary Research:

Google, poems & quotes about self, just to get some ideas how an arrangements of words.

Poems and quotes about self;

 

Process:

Basically I need to use four pages (2 A4 sheets), which then divided into halves.

So I need about 8 different lines to describe myself:

1. I love traveling
2. I am complicated
3. I never give up
4. Stubborn
5. Crazy Mom
6. Lack of sleep
7. Sarcastic
8. Unpredictable

I know that I need to search more unique words, beautiful poems and etc., in order to describe myself, so it will be a lot more interesting.

Experience & Difficulties;

1. I did not remove the 10mm grey line on my artwork.
2. I am not sure which type of paper I shall use for the cover.
3. After print it out, I have found that the sequence of the lines is wrong.
4. I did print it as double-sided but it turn out to be upside down.
5. My MacBook really annoy me, it’s stuck for no reason it’s probably because of it’s age. I need to use two laptops to save and print my works.
   
   

   Basically, I have at least known what I should and shouldn’t do. I need to ask Mr. Vinod a lot more regarding the Adobe Illustrator.

Using Adobe Illustrator, creating a template for the booklet:
Step 1: (Four pages/create the 10cm x 10cm box and put it at each angles)

Step 2: Divide it page into halves

Step 3: Create a black color line, so I will not use that part, because later I will cut it

Step 4: Lock the selection

 

 Step 5: Put in lines and words in

The truth is, I do mixed up fonts for each part, I wonder how it will turn up. But, the result is really messy so at least I know what font I should and shouldn't use.

Folded Booklet, things that needed:

12" scale (ruler), cutter, 10 sheets of A4 paper, and double sided tape 10mm (not the thick one the thin white one).

Types of paper for the front and back cover of the booklet;

(1) Mounting board white (2) THP PVC Foam Sheet (3) PVC Sheet White

My mocks-up:

The one we did in the class last week;

Mocks-up (combinations);

The Mocks-up

Close-up (Mocks-up)

Front:

Back:

Submission, for the first Mocks-up:

Feedback:

Mr. Vinod suggest me to stick the hard cover first then only cut it, so I will get the exact size. I need to use more spaces, he said that I'm being safe. I need to make a visual impact. I need to make sure that, one place flow to the next.

Reflection 

Observation:

Details are really important when creating a booklet. Arrangement of words, choice of fonts and many other are important too. I need more time to figure out more unique lines to describe myself so it can be more interesting. 

 

Experience:

I was having difficulties when printing those work, it turn out to be upside down and looks messy, but practice makes perfect. I was having difficulties with my Mac Book, it stuck and I have lost all of my work that I’ve saved, I need it to update my blog. My other laptop is worse, it does has an Adobe Illustrator in it but I can’t open WIFI ‘Internet’, because my software will update automatically, so I have no choice but to close the WIFI thingy!

Finding:

For the lines in booklet, I wanted to create something different and again unique. However, I’ve found that the booklet, which is our final work for the subject, need a combinations of all. For instance, I need to use what that have been taught to us in class previously, for the final task, arrangements of words, size, fonts, kerning, leading and etc.