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Jordan Dobrowski Designs
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portfolio table of contents Introduction/About Ampersand Logo
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Typography Terms
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Ubiquitous Type Spread
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Typographer Poster
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Sketchbook
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Character Study
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Curriculum Vitae
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Snaps
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ABOUT Jordan Dobrowski I grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, PA and was always talented and obsessed with various forms of art including drawing, painting, and dancing. Growing up I traveled to plenty of different places with my family, which led to my interest in moving across the country to Los Angeles to study at FIDM. I specifically chose graphic design because it is a mixture of form and function allowing me to use my art skills, mathematic and logic skills, the things that I have continued to excel at most. Now that I am halfway through my classes for graphic design classes, I have realized that the occupation is perfect for me since it provides a problem that needs a solution, yet allows me to be creative with it. Over the past nine months I have developed my own style through learning about the history of design and researching current designs and designers. Right now I like to keep my designs extremely clean and simple. I tend to call my designs and myself minimalistic, but of course I expect my style to grow and change as I learn more at FIDM and in the industry in the future.
Ampersand Logo Design
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Park Lane NF 248 PT. / Century Gothic 20 PT.
Design
ARB 66 Neon Block 180 PT. / 30 PT.
Ampersand Design
Cochin [Bold] 27 PT.
TYPOGRAPHY TERMS
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TYPOGRAPHER POSTER
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SPIEKERMANN Erik Spiekermann was born on May 30, 1947 and is a German typographer currently working as a professor at the University of Arts Breman. He famous for creating various fonts including Berliner Grotesk BQ, FF Meta, ITC Officina Serif, and ITC Officina Sans. He worked as a freelance graphic designer in London after studying at Berlin’s Free University while running a letterpresss printing press to meet ends meet. Spiekermann founded United Designers Network (UDN) in 2001 and the company name has since been changed to Edenspiekermann. Through Spierketmann’s success, he has created two design companies and various fonts and continues to use his knowledge and skills to teach future graphic designers.
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Times New Roman Italic
Character S T U D Y
The letter W was added to the Latin alphabet at the 23rd letter of the set. Germany originally used wrote the letter <VV> which translated to <uu> in that language. By the eighth century, early English and High German writers were making the distinction between the <VV> and <uu>. From, the <uu> diagraph is where the name of the W (“double u”) derives. In addition, the W is the only letter of the English language that includes more than one syllable. Gradually, people that wrote the letter W shifted from using otwo Vs next to each other to two Vs touching and connecting, thus forming the entire character. In Europe, the W is only used in the central western countries, and in some
of those countries the letter is used to represent the W and the U sounds. Specifically, the English language uses plenty of words starting with W where the letter is silent and an R follows and only the R is pronounced. Such words include: wrap, write, wrinkle, wroth, wreck, etc. The W is used in website URLs as a prefix (www.) and has consequently been pronounced “dub-u dub-u dub-u” for shortening. The 42nd U.S. President George W. Bush has also nicknamed the letter “dubya” due to his dialect from the south. The letter is also the name of a high fashion magazine standing for the word “women” where the magazine uses the character as its title and logo.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
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JORDAN D o br o ws k i
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Contact 7242553708 jordandobrowski@aol.com Current Address: 725 South Bixel Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 Permanent Address: 2314 Shamrock Lane Canonsburg, PA 15317
WORK Experience Concession Stand Worker Iceoplex at Southpointe - Canonsburg, PA August 2010 - May 2011
Education High School Graduate Canon McMillan High School Currently enrolled at FIDM Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Earning an Associates of Art Degree in Graphic Design
OTHER Skills Thorough knowledge in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator and Microsoft Office programs
Ice Cream Worker
Basic knowledge in Photography, Adobe
Sarris Candies - Canonsburg, PA
Dreamweaver, HTML, and CSS language
July 2011 - June 2013
Hand drawing and illustrating
SNAPS
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