Project 1 / Typographic Exploration & Communication (Text Formatting and Expression)

Project 1 / Typographic Exploration & Communication (Text Formatting and Expression)- Task2

25.MAY.2026 - 1.JUNE.2026 / Week 6 - Week 7

Deadline: Week 8

LIM JIHYUN / 0391015 / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. LECTURES

2. PROCESS WORK

3. FEEDBACK

4. REFLECTIONS

5. FURTHER READINGS

LECTURES

< Typo_5_Understanding >

This lecture shows that type design is full of small details. Letters may look symmetrical, but designers adjust stroke thickness and curves to make them feel balanced and readable.

Comparing Helvetica and Univers, even tiny changes in curves or tails change how letters look and how easy they are to read. Remind not to add too many decorations, but to keep fonts consistent.

Key lessons:

Curved strokes often go a bit above or below lines to look balanced.
Empty spaces inside and around letters (counter forms) are just as important as the strokes.
Contrast (like serif vs. sans-serif, bold vs. light) helps organize information and create rhythm.

The lecture ends by encouraging careful study of existing typefaces and paying attention to both the shapes and the spaces around them.

PROCESS WORK

< Project 1; Task 2 >

For this task, there were 3 articles and I choose ‘Article 2: Punk’s Design Revolution: Breaking the Rules’ for the headline.

Figure 1. Composiotion Sketch (19/05/2026)

I made a strong sketch that looks like it is breaking, with the words 'Breaking the Rules' in focus.

Figure 2. First digital composition work (22/05/2026)

I turned the hand‑drawn sketch into a digital composition design. The word 'BREAKING' is the main focus, and I placed the body text next to it.

Figure 3. After week6 feedback (1/6/2026)

After the Week 6 feedback, I fixed the slanted letters in the body text and adjusted the layout to blend better with the headline. I also refined the headline’s readability and improved the flow of the viewer’s eye.

Figure 4. Last feedback for Task2 content (8/6/2026)

I received feedback that it was good to balance the body text with the headline. However, by slightly adjusting the body text, it could blend more naturally with the headline design

Figure 5. Edited formatting design (8/6/2026)

I balanced the body text with the headline, then refined the body text to integrate more naturally with the headline design—showing a clear focus on process and iteration.

< Final work >

Figure 6-1. Final work without Grid (9/6/2026)

Figure 6-2. Final work with Grid (9/6/2026)

FEEDBACK

< Week 6 >

First, I had to think about what the headline actually was. The headline was “Punk’s Design Revolution: Breaking the Rules.” However, in my work, the word BREAKING comes first (at the very top), so instead of following the headline’s original order, it reads as “BREAKING the Rules: Punk’s Design Revolution.” As a result, the headline and its meaning are changed. I realized that although I used this visual structure because I wanted to emphasize BREAKING, this arrangement is not permitted for the headline and was, in fact, a mistake.

< Week 8 >

Bridging the gap between the headline ("Breaking the Rules") and the standard body text. The attempt to balance the Hadline and the text was good. But the visual connection is not clear yet. The headline and the text paragraphs still feel somewhat disconnected from each other; the vertical alignment between the word BREAKING and the body text does not match exactly, creating a visual gap.

Fine-tune the alignment and spacing to create a smoother, more natural visual flow from the main design to the reading text.

REFLECTIONS

< Week 6 >
Experience: I designed an editorial layout where the headline “Punk’s Design Revolution: Breaking the Rules” was visually restructured so that the word BREAKING appeared first, at the very top. My intention was to emphasize BREAKING through this typographic arrangement.

Observations: Noted that this rearrangement altered the headline’s meaning and was considered a mistake.

Finding: I learned that while emphasizing a single word can be visually powerful, but the expressive typography must still preserve the headline’s intended meaning and sequence.

< Week 8 >

Experience: I designed an editorial layout to connect an expressive typographic headline with formal text paragraphs.

Observations: The professor noted that the connection between the headline ("Breaking the Rules") and the body text is not clear enough yet, as the current alignment looks a bit separated.

Findings: I learned that I need to finely adjust the alignment and spacing so the reader's eye can naturally flow from the creative design to the text.

Jihyun Lim (0391015)

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