What is typography?

Typography is the art and techniques of arranging and modifying type. That ’s the technical definition, but what is typography to me? I think of typography as an art used to communicate. Imagine a world without typography? Magazines without words? Typography is performed by various people such as web designers, graphic designers, layout artist, art directors etc. When I first started studying graphic design I never knew typography truly plays a vast amount of importance in ones design. Choosing a crappy font can change your design completely, making it less attractive and rather disturbing to people in that field of study. The font hated by most people is Comic sans but my personal favourites are Helvetica, Century gothic and Gill Sans. I would really like to know the history and how it began. I've heard that type was formed from pictographs and symbols. My key intention is to learn and study more about typography, not just its history, but why it is so important to people and in design.

10 objects/subjects

Cars

Cars play an important role in our everyday lives. Some people drive cars as a profession, such as doing stunts or racing.

Religion

Religion is a beautiful thing. People all believe in different religions but it all goes around worshiping a supreme-bean.

Love

Love links people together. Whether it is a family, husband and wife or even girlfriend a boyfriend. When we love someone we usually have a strong affection for them and care for them.

Photography

I will describe it as living life through a lens. It allows us to store memories but it can also be a form of art. 

Typography

Typography is the key element in design. It is used by typographers, typesetters, layout artist, art directors.

Design 

Design is anything made by man that was well thought through. Almost everything around us was designed by someone.

Technology

Each day, technology is just getting better. Keeping up with technology can be expensive and hard to come by.

Tv shows/series

Series are really becoming more and more popular. Especially on Dstv. My favorites are Scorpion, The Fosters, The originals and Reign

Sneakers

Sneakers are what we wear on our feet. The most popular sneakers are nike, adidad and puma.

Out of all the 10 subjects/objects I chose typography.