Student: Maria Helena Costa Gomes
Creative Brief Prompts:
- Main Brief (xahj): Type Group (R-Vox Tier 1): Slab Serif (Heavy, block-like serif, often with little or no stroke contrast) | Type Classification (R-Vox Tier 2): Humanist (Antiqua, Venetian / Calligraphic structure with slabs) | Weight: Medium (500) | Width: Expanded (125%).
Description: Her solution brilliantly demonstrates that outline drawing is only half the task, using tracing paper to fill out and render the solid masses of her letterforms to accurately assess final typographic density. Her work features a deeply rigorous anatomical breakdown, employing shape mirroring to evaluate structural symmetry while precisely annotating visual and optical compensations—including moderate curve tension, thick square serifs with minimal bracketing, and specific optical size tracking on lowercase character widths to maximize legibility.
Acknowledgement & Transparency Note: This synthesis and portfolio entry was compiled, structured, and edited with the assistance of Google Gemini, in alignment with the course syllabus, exercise assignment, and evaluation criteria. Textual/Handwritten notes were OCR’d from the images and may contain errors or discrepancies from the actual work.