Type 1: Assignment 1 Part 3

These are the 3 final designs, as well as a fourth design with 5 letter anatomy parts labeled.  This was one of my most difficult typography assignments to date, adding in my experience from my previous school.  This assignment was difficult for me because although I could tell you differences between the characters, I found difficulty in bringing emphasis to them as well as creating an interesting layout.

The overall collection pinned up.

Univers Upper Case - I kept with the sliced look to draw emphasis to the long legs.  The piece looks much better with crisp and straight ends than ripped paper.  

Garamond Lower Case - I was attempting to put emphasis on the solid baseline of Garamond as well as bring in the fact that the characters are "humanlike."  My attempt at this was semi successful, I should have put more emphasis on the solid baseline and structure of the form, vs. the "humanlike" characteristic.

Bodoni Lower Case - My intent was to  put emphasis on the elegant, "mechanical" look to the form.  I put the main emphasis on the curves of the M and added the legs for the mechanical look.  I thought of repetition so I was trying to figure out how to work the legs into the piece, and it was semi successful.  I couldn't figure out the best place for the third leg where the piece would not fully feel heavy towards one side.