IXD 102: Type Specimen Screen Submission

For our first project in IXD102 we were tasked with choosing a font from a given list, researching it and its origins and using nothing but type to create a type specimen screen for an iPad. After gaining a brief knowledge of typography through our first two classes we had to expand on our knowledge using external research on one of these fonts:

Futura, Gill Sans, Helvetica, Palatino, Times New Roman, Baskerville 

I decided to go with Gill Sans after researching each font briefly and seeing the interesting origins that Gill Sans had and I thought I could apply these to my designs. These were my 3 designs:

In week 4 we held a group critique and after hearing feedback and making tweaks to each design I have decided on my second design as my final design for submission: