I worked on my business card this week.  Stephanie said that my business card can be creative.  It does not have to be formal, so I decided to use Japanese characters in my business card.  There were some limitations again, such as we only had one ink, and a few choices of printing papers.  Whenever I see limitations, I tell myself to challenge myself.  I should learn how to be creative in any kind of situation.

I have always wanted to take a class in typography.  I find it deep, complicated and interesting.  It has a lot of effect on human’s psychology.  Some fonts are easily read, but some are not.  Letters can give people sound not just reading letters.  Using Japanese and English letters together in my business card made me to think about visual and sound effects a lot.  First, I typed every information in English, then I decided which information to type in Japanese.  I decided to choose the name of the company and my name.  I made one Japanese word to be bold and arch because it looked like it had a roof, column and floor.  I picked that word to use it as a symbolic figure of a building.  Then I wondered how many people can see it as a symbolic figure of a building.  I really hope to take a typography class soon.