D22: typography anatomy

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• its a vast topic; needs years of experience

  out of scope of the exam

how fonts are made: human body analogy

fundamental aspects for font analysis

1. skeleton: orientation
   • underlying structure of the type
   • stroke (continuous/ broken)
   • gap and italics
2. muscle: distribution
   • weight of the font
   • distribution along the stroke
3. skin: extra elements
   • create a style
   • eg. serif types

use these attributes to distinguish between the fonts

also study emotion associated with various fonts

• like color theory for colors

• [ ] make a pintrest board