#13 - Final Output Research

I began to think about how to print my constitutional contract and I was envisioning using a printing press in order to honor the time period I drew my Enlightenment philosophy from. However I realized since this nation state is born in the modern world and that since I am focusing on a social issue as modern as the modern work force I should use the Risograph printer. I thought it was a symbolic because the Risograph was a printer born for the corporate world but is now being repurposed for art.

Next I went into some deep research about what fonts are the most legible and are most likely for someone to keep reading. I did this because I found it essential that whoever is applying to live in my nation state read this contract and retain every detail. I didn’t want a contract that people glance at and just sign.

Some of the research I found was… A good design means that the typeface is pleasing to look at, yet doesn’t call attention to itself. Typical characteristics of a legible typeface include open counters (the space on the inside of the letters), a large x-height (the distance between the baseline and the top of the letters’ bodies), and generous kerning (the space between the letters).

There’s a big difference between print media, in which the light is bouncing off the letters, and digital media, in which the light is coming from behind the letters. Good typography takes this difference into account.

Additionally I found that a good font requires all of the letters to look differently both capitalized and lowercase.