Typography Week 8

8/3/2016 (Week 8)
Joshua Low Wai Peng (UIU 300 414 734 )
Typography - Type arrangement

lecture: due to the limited time i have to be there, mr.vinod quickly reviewed my previous work and gave his feedback. He then proceed on by explaining the task we will do next, which was writing a love letter.

Type arrangement (30%)
Task 1 (10%): The Letter
In this task, you will write (type) a single page love letter to your beloved who has been abroad for the last 6 months. The year is 1986, the world wide web or internet isn’t yet available to the masses, however the desktop computer has been invented. Letters are still a popular means to send and receive news. As, such it has been your practice to write one letter a week on your new desktop computer, print it, seal it in an envelop and post it to your beloved. This single page letter must be written sensibly and sensitively.

Your task is to use Adobe Illustrator to format this letter in a classical letter writing format (in the days of old) – when letter writing was done by hand – using a suitable font (or a combination of fonts), and appropriate margins, alignment, point size, leading and line length.

You will be required to print two copies; one without creases or folds, the other for postage. The letter for posting will require an envelop, as such thought must be put into the writing of the address on the envelop. You will post this letter to yourself, and you will bring this letter to class for submission and discussion. You will as always document all the processes, drafts and the final results on your e-portfolio.

   
Above: Classical letter samples

Important reading references:
Purdue: Common Letter Writing Formats
Good Letter Writing: Personal Letter Writing TemplateGood Letter Writing: Layouts

(Note* If you stumble on some additional references, do share the on our Facebook group).

Marking Criteria: Lorem Ipsum…

Duration: 2 week

Deadline: week 10                                                             

research:
the first time learning how to write a letter in the formal and informal letter was back in the schooling days. it was technically learning how to write but we did not practice is and also really sending the letter to some one. finally! a day where i can put what i've learned into practice. i did some brief research on how people normally write a letter and which kind of font they normally use to accommodate the message.

here are some examples below:

my draft letter(pardon my writing):

using different name as i
llustration purposes.

havent really go in depth to which font i would really used to accommodate  the tone for the message. Mr.Vinod said that during the selection of the font, we should take the message we written into consideration, not use only use what font we like, but the font that goes along very well the the message.

experience thus far:
really never wrote a letter before, so during the time i wrote this letter its quite weird. i think learning really how to write a love letter would really discover the romantic and persuasive side of me?(HAHAHAHAHA). i realize my love writing technique really suck big time and i dont know what the heck should i really right to make a person feel or get the message that im trying to tell. hoping to know more in the coming class. bye for now