Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Paragraph for part 3

In this assignment we will be taking a paragraph and we will be making it expressive through the type, and not symbols. My paragraph is about the War in Libya. When i read it I cannot help but to hear it in the voice of Jordan Dreyer, the voice of one of my favorite bands, La Dispute. I doubt anyone knows of his talent in the Post Hardcore genre of music, but when he speaks, you can almost see what he is saying.  After realizing this, i thought of several things to do. I want to use emphasis in words by making some words bolder and bigger. I want to find the most important and words and use them to express the entire paragraph. I will continue to use simple type faces that are impacting contemporary and very familiar. I will be using the mix of serif and sans serif. The first font i chose was Times New Roman in regular. It is in newspapers and is probably one of the most common type faces in the media. It is familiar and it reminds me of newspapers. The second font i will be using is Helvetica bold. This font in contemporary and also familiar. It is easy to read and it will stand out against the Times New Roman. I feel if i use familiar fonts to do this project i will be able show that the war is happening and it should be familiar and we should be informed of the problem, other than changing the channel when you hear about it. I want to make every word important, with making few the focal point/ the main point.  I want to try to use as many elements and principles as i can in this assignment.