Grayscale Composition

Problem Statement: Cut out 1 3/4 by 1 3/4 type squares from magazines. Each edge of each square must be the same value and no pictures should be in the type area. With the type squares, compose a 7 step grayscale from white to black. The composition should have big letters, medium and small, and gray scales.


1st EDIT: First of all, I looked up the definition of "grayscale".

Keeping this definition in mind, I started cutting type from magazines. I was looking for type ranging from small letters to big letters, thin to thick and quantity of type. At first, I was only cutting out black type on a white background. I learned later on that you can also increase black within a composition by making the background black and the type white. 

2nd EDIT: Defining grayscale within type: I started evaluating the different ways a grayscale can be defined with type. 

• Thin to Thick

• White to Black

• Small to Big

• Text Quantity/White space

3rd EDIT & Final Composition: After evaluating the different ways a grayscale can be composed with type, I started combining these ways and compiled them into a grayscale. I kept in mind that the squares should not be read as the same. From left to right, black starts decreasing as white starts increasing. In the first three squares, the quantity of type increases and gets bigger/thicker. Black starts decreasing as white increases. The next four squares show the white space increasing. The thickness of type gets thinner and the quantity and size begins to decrease.