Typography

In class last week we discussed the significance of typography. I enjoyed it so much that I even blogged about it in my myspace account and some of my friends commented on it as well. Typography has always fascinated me because I consider myself to be a visual learner. I enjoy seeing and then doing, not the other way around. I love how many different fonts there are to choose from, I just find it fascinating that depending on mood, what message one tries to convey, or just for the hell of it, one can switch things up a bit and change their font. I think school atmospheres certainly restrict this sort of activity because they want to keep assignments and the like uniform... which in my opinion is booring. Also, some fonts might be harder to read than others, and if it is say a final essay for a class, and your grade depends on it, I guess I'll stick with Times New Roman, to ensure a passing grade, as opposed to failing it due to creative rebellion. Our next module is due this Wednesday actually, it is essentially about the visible rhetoric of typography, obviously. We get to choose a poem or a song and then play with it in terms of font. I chose I Carry Your Heart With Me, by e.e. cummings, because that is one of my favorite poems. I can't wait to funk it up and see what I can do with this project. So far, so good.. .I'm still getting accustomed to the Mac computers that we use in our visible rhet class, I am more familiar with the old fashion PC. But hey, if technical writing is the field that I will go into after college, I have a sneaky suspicion, that the Mac will be my new best friend, or worst enemy.... depending on many factors at once.
Well, I can't think of much else to blog on, so I will get cracking on my module and other assignments as well.
Until we blog again. :)