Week 02 · Fundamentals of Typography字体设计基础
Brief 2.2: Make a Monogram, Make a Business Card (Optional)简报 2.2：制作字母组合与名片（选做）
In this optional assignment I'd like you to create a monogram using your initials. Then you are prompted to use that monogram as the basis to create a design for a business card for yourself.
在这个可选作业中，我希望你使用你的首字母创建一个首字母缩略词。然后，你将使用这个首字母缩略词作为基础，为自己设计一张名片。
Note there are multiple parts to this assignment; please read all of the instructions below before submitting.
请注意，这项作业有多个部分；请在提交前阅读以下所有说明。
Part 1: Make a Monogram
第一部分：制作个人标志
Take the initials of your first and last names (and your middle names if you have them). Investigate the different shapes of those specific letters, and see how they vary when you use different typefaces. Try out a lot of different typefaces, and look at the range of shapes that occur within the same letters.
取你名字的首字母和末字母（如果你有中间名，也取中间名的首字母）。研究这些特定字母的不同形状，看看当你使用不同的字体时，它们的形状如何变化。尝试很多不同的字体，并观察相同字母中出现的形状范围。
Create a design of interlocking typographic forms and make 3 different versions.
设计一组相互嵌套的字体形式，并制作 3 个不同版本。
Some additional guidelines: 一些额外指南：
- Each version should measure about 5 x 5 inches.
每个版本应约为 5 x 5 英寸。 - Place it in the middle of an 8.5 x 11 inch (vertical) sheet of paper.
将其放置在 8.5 x 11 英寸（竖直）纸张的中间。 - Work in black and white only.
仅限黑白工作。
Work with existing typefaces, and please don't distort the individual letterforms!
与现有字体协作，请勿扭曲单个字母形状！
Hold onto those 3 versions, and move onward to Part 2 below.
握住这 3 个版本，继续向下阅读下方的第 2 部分。
Part 2: Make a Business Card
第二部分：制作名片
Take your monogram experiments and make them into a business card. Add your name, (fake) email and (fake) phone number. Use the business card (standard US size is 3.5 x 2 inches) as a site to experiment with all the typographic variations we have looked at in classes. Use color simply, so the focus is on the typography.
将你的姓名首字母实验制作成名片。添加你的姓名、（虚假）电子邮件和（虚假）电话号码。将名片（标准美国尺寸为 3.5 x 2 英寸）作为一个实验场所，尝试我们在课堂上看到的所有字体变化。简单使用颜色，以便将重点放在字体上。
Produce 3 different business card designs on a single 8.5 x 11 inch (vertical) sheet of paper, arranged how you wish.
制作 3 种不同的名片设计，放置在一张 8.5 x 11 英寸（竖向）的纸张上，如何排列由你决定。
Bundle your 3 monogram experiments and sheet of 3 business cards into a single PDF document (should be 4 pages) and upload.
将您的 3 个签名实验和 3 张名片纸合并成一个 PDF 文档（应为 4 页）并上传。
Please don’t forget a title for your assignment.
请勿忘记为您的作业添加标题。