Font Pairing Project
Font Pairing Project:
Date: 11/9/16
What does it mean to create a font pairing?
Creating a font pairing means using and matching two or more fonts on a text to emphasize something or to express something.
What are the four assignments you chose to do? Write the name of the assignment and describe your design for each.
Assignment 2: I chose "Float like a butterfly Sting like a bee," In this design I had "float like a" in a text next to an image of a butterfly, and "sting like a" in another font on the opposite side with an image of a bee.
Assignment 4: I chose 3 fonts that balanced well off of each other and made them symmetrical with color and font. I felt since the quote was uplifting the font should be also so I chose a happy more of a modern font, and a decorative font, and then one that looks like watercolor and handwriting.
Assignment 3: The location I chose was Gainesville, Florida. I used one font. Since I chose the gators stadium as my image, I used a college type font that went well with the picture.
Assignment 7: For this font pairing I chose very curly font that looked retro to me. It gave me an 80s vibe that I felt fit the quote well. I tried to fit each word under the next but in different sizes. The background I chose was a dark wood and I chose this because the wood was kind of aged, giving a "vintage feel".
Which assignment would you say is your BEST font pairing and why?
My Gainesville, Florida assignment is my best because I think that the font and the image really connect. They also look well together due to the feel of picture.
Which assignment would you say is your Least Successful font pairing and why?
I would say "Float like a Butterfly, sting like a Bee" was my least successful because I thought it would turn out looking better then it did. I feel as though it kind of looks childish and maybe a little boring. I could have done a more out of the box design.
How would you describe the font pairing process? What makes a font pairing so difficult?
The font pairing process is long because there are so many different ways to pair fonts and sometimes you think it will look good when it doesn’t. It is difficult because you really have to go out of your way to make sure the fonts balance well off of each other.
