11 Jul 2020
Report on Parampara Series Fontology Workshop for B.Arch. Students
By NASA and Competitions club
School of Architecture
Agenda: To help build a bridge between seniors and juniors through a series of workshops by the senior students.
Guest Speaker: Gazala Malik, Alumni - 2015-20 batch, RUSOA
Platform: MS Teams Meetings
Date: 11 July 2020
Coordinators: Ar. Akshatha Narayan (NASA Club)
Ar.Nazish Abid(Competitions Club)
Participants: 76 Students, REVA University School of Architecture.
Competitions and NASA club of School of Architecture had arranged a workshop /Expert talk on Fontology for the students of B.Arch..
Key concepts covered:
• Introduction to different font styles and stationery.
• Useful techniques for trying different fonts.
• Using apt font for the drawing/ situation and experimenting.
Methodology:
Interactive presentation, step by step guide to write different fonts.
Agenda discussed:
The workshop focused on understanding importance of
• Concept of text guidelines
• Concept of sketch representation
• Discovering their own font style
• Letter evolution with the help of butter sheet/Gateway sheet
• Letters and emotions
• Sheet composition
• Color combination
• Blending different mediums of pens
• Highlighting the important features
• Outlining and different stationary to be used.
The workshop was an introductory session to explore and discover their own unique styles of fonts, learning through the process of evolving from the basics. This session helped students to explore the hacks of composition to enhance architectural typography with the help of calligraphy pens and other mediums. Students were encouraged to explore different techniques and develop their own style. The workshop ended with a positive feedback from students.
We would like to thank our honourable Chancellor Sir, Management REVA University, Director Dr Vimala Swamy, Asst. Director Vidya Srikanth and all the faculty of REVA University School of Architecture for their continuous support and guidance.
