Typography influences everything we do. Type can have general rules to follow, however these rules can be challenged through modern day advertising, graphic design and animation. Typography has gone through years of trying to be perfected by hundreds of people. Their aim to create a broad spectrum of easy to read and aesthetically pleasing typography.
Originally, the alphabet started out as symbols that depicted certain objects. These symbols eventually developed into the alphabet that we know now. This process went from pictures to diagrams to symbols. The further development of the alphabet is through type. Typography is a visual form of language, it is the main aspect of communication.
The classification of type is usually split into categories, most importantly, humanist, decorative and script. The various styles of typography can clearly depict as well as add to the messages trying to be conveyed.
I can apply the form of type in my future animations by taking into account what I want to achieve, and how people before me have achieved a similar goal. Typography is important within animation, from the credits to text within the animation. The typography has to fit the style of the animation while also keeping close to the initial brief.
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