OUGD403 The Anatomy of Type

During a studio session, we learned about the anatomy of type. This session really helped my understanding on type, and there were many significant aspects that I learnt which i did not know before. After this session, I was able to notice these different aspects within type a lot more. During this session we looked at simple manipulations such as changing a serif font (font with flourish) to a sans serif font (font without flourish) and vice versa. Grotesk is the classification of type. During this session we learned the fundamentals of the anatomy of type, from the baseline to the cap height and everything inbetween.

Below shows some notes from the session.

Certain aspects of type will help me to manipulate the typeface i have been given. I could remove the serifs of my typeface, I could also extend the ascenders. 

This shows what we did in the session to show how fonts can be manipulated: