Brief: Each student was given the name of a typographer, in which they had to create a book about then which featured three main chapters. The book was required to have a dust cover, front cover, table of contents, choice of a preface or colophon, and the chapters of "Who," "What," and "Where," along with a list of references. The first stage of this process was to research, and then write the book. The chapters were limited to 250-500 words. Thereafter, the student had to create thumbnails of the book, sketching out page layout, as well as the aesthetic layout of the book. The entirety of the book had to mirror the persona of the typographer. Meaning that the aesthetics, the paper choice, the text layout (whether it be ragged, justified, etc.) had to reflect the typographer as well.
Artist's Statement: Eric Gill was my assigned typographer. Through learning about him I found that he had a background in architecture, and a love for sculpture. This was portrayed in the essence of most of his typefaces, as he analyzed and broke down the typeface into geometric shapes in order to create them. This being said, I framed my book as if it were architectural blueprints of a typeface.Using his sketches of Gill Sans as a starting block for how I would create the aesthetics of the book, I broke into his letters with architectural dashed lines. The three colors in the book were derived from these sketches, as Gill used color similar to those when he crafted his sketches of Gill Sans. The text was chosen to be justified in order to keep that geometric, organized and squared look to the book. A semi-gloss paper was chosen, due to the fact that Gill was a classical man, yet he was also organized and sleek.
