Research and information design
Typography Timeline
A large-scale historical timeline translating typographic research into an environmental graphic.
This academic project began as a relatively small timeline assignment, but I saw an opportunity to turn it into a large-scale visual history of written communication and typography. I researched the development of writing systems, printing methods, influential type designers, major typefaces, and digital typography, then organized the material into an environmental timeline measuring approximately 380″ × 40″.
MY ROLE
Researcher and sole designer responsible for content organization, chronology, typography, layout, visual hierarchy, and environmental-scale planning.
DELIVERABLES
Historical research • Chronological information system • Large-format timeline Design • Type samples • Environmental installation concept
CLIENT
Academic Project
TOOLS / PRODUCTION
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign. The approximately 380″ × 40″ timeline was designed as a multi-panel environmental graphic but was not physically produced.
HEADING
Short explanation of image
RELATED PIECES OR DETAILS
One shared description explaining the two images above.
Design Approach or Production Considerations
The original assignment called for a much smaller presentation, but I expanded the concept into an immersive wall-scaled timeline. I studied other timeline designs for inspiration, researched and organized hundreds of years of historical developments, and built the layout on a structured grid with five levels of hierarchy. Scale, spacing, typography, images, and chronological organization were used to help viewers follow the history from a distance while still discovering detailed information up close.
