The meaning or the definition of typography is the visuals of a word or a font. Typography can be really important because typography can express the meaning or the emotion behind the text or a word. For example, when you write something about happiness, then you would want to use a font that includes fonts that look very cheerful or great instead of fonts that look straight or gloomy. Typography can be also important because some words cannot be read when used with a font with complicated writing. And when we use it in inappropriate situations, then things might be confusion and wrong. The quote "Each font has a different personality and a purpose" mean that every font can be explained as how fonts can change the perspective of a writing or a word. To top it off, a serif font is a font that has a I guess part that holds the letters. They are used in words that are more professional and serious. sans serif fonts are fonts that are generically round-looking fonts. These fonts can be used in words that are more cheerful and light hearted. Monospaced fonts are fonts that have the same space with in each letters. These fonts can be used in words that do not need large bodies of texts. Script or handwritten fonts are fonts that look like a person or an individual wrote in a paper. These fonts can be used in places that shows that a person wrote this. Finally, novelty fonts are fonts with decorations with them. These fonts can be used in parties or celebrations because they seem to stand out in many places. Typeface ComparisonIn this activity, we got to learn how different fonts work and how they an change the feeling or the look of a word. In this activity, I chose a phrase and used fonts that represents the 5 font types I listed previously to show what fonts can truly can do. Word PortraitsIn word portraits activity, we got to learn what font fits each word and what fonts do not fit in some of these words. Through this activity, we got to see what fonts can help us know the feeling or the meaning of these words.
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