Sunday, October 5, 2008

Very Sick w/ Typeface Comparison

  • I've been sick for the last few days and was planning on attending my Monday Comm Design classes anyway, but today I felt 10x worse so I'm just going to post my Typeface Comparison here and get a doctor's note tomorrow. Sorry I can't be there guys, see you Wednesday hopefully.
    -Matthew

    Typeface Comparison: Baskerville and BauerBodoni

    These are two very similar typefaces (they're both serif letters) , but with some subtle differences.
  • The modulation in the letterforms of BauerBodoni has greater contrast than the Baskerville.
  • Some particular letters have different qualities all-together between the two typefaces; for example, the tail of the 'Q' in Baskerville has more of a swash-like appearance to it than in the BauerBodoni, the counter of the 'J' in Baskerville is larger and more gradual than in BauerBodoni, etc.
  • The stem weight of the letters in BauerBodoni are more rigid (more up and down) than in Baskerville in which they are more curved and gradual in their modulation.

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