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Computer Graphic Design

INTRO TO TYPOGRAPHY – SEARCHING FOR TYPE SPRING 2023

Today we will begin exploring typography, which is the art of arranging type to make language visible. To fully understand typography, we will explore many different aspects of type, including the history of typography and how it has evolved throughout different time periods and developed in the digital age. In today’s assignment we will discover and investigate four of the major categories of type.

Objective:

  • I can identify and explain the four major categories of typefaces by creating a document that displays and defines all four categories so I can better understand Typography as a technique for communication and as an art form.

Vocabulary Words:

  • Type
  • Typeface
  • Font
  • Serif
  • Sans Serif
  • Script
  • Ornamental/Decorative/Display
  • Typography
  • Typeface versus Font
  • Digital Typography
  • Font Foundries
  • Free vs. Paid Fonts
  • Online Typeface Resources

Links:

Wikipedia – Typography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typography

Wikipedia – Typeface
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typeface

Wikipedia – Font
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font

Paratype – Typeface Classification
https://www.paratype.com/help/class/

Fonts.com – Type Classifications
https://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fontology/level-1/type-anatomy/type-classifications

Dafont.com – Free Fonts
https://www.dafont.com/

Topics Discussed:

  • Serif Fonts
  • Sans Serif Fonts
  • Script Fonts
  • Ornamental/Decorative/Display Fonts
  • Online Typeface Resources

Assignment:

  1. Using the web addresses above, find the definitions for each of the following:
    serif type
    sans serif type
    script type
    ornamental/display type
  2. Create a new Illustrator Web document with four artboards
  3. Include a large headline for each category, and a one sentence explanation of the definition.
  4. Include a sample image to show me what each of the four type categories looks like.
  5. Put all of the four on the first artboard!
  6. Save your document. We will continue to work on this document throughout this week and into next week.

Example:

Searching For Type Example

sftexample

Assigned: February 27th, 2023
Teacher Pacing Due Date: February 28th, 2023

Computer Graphic Design

Type Week: Typeface Anatomy

Objective:

I can use the Internet to find out more about the different parts of type and what these parts are named.

Web Link:
https://typedia.com/learn/only/anatomy-of-a-typeface/

Topics Discussed:

  • Typography
  • Letter Anatomy
  • Uppercase
  • Lowercase
  • Small Caps
  • Baseline
  • X-height
  • Ascender
  • Descender
  • Serif
  • Terminal
  • Stem
  • Crossbar
  • Bowl
  • Counter
  • Shoulder
  • Ligature

Assignment:

Visit the Typedia: Learn: Anatomy of a Typeface webpage in the link provided. Read through the article to learn about Letter Anatomy, and the standard set of names for the parts of a letter.

  1. Open your Text Week document in Illustrator and go to the second artboard.
  2. For each of the fifteen vocabulary terms:
    1. Create a headline in Point Type with the vocabulary word itself
    2. Use Area Type to write the definition of the vocabulary word. Use complete sentences, and you may copy and paste definitions (Just make sure you are copying the correct definition!).
    3. Use Point Type and the line or shape tools to demonstrate what each of the vocabulary terms looks like. Use the pictures on the website as a guide, but DO NOT copy the website’s images into your document. Use a red-colored stroke on your lines and shapes to show the part of the letter the vocabulary word is describing.
  1. You should have a headline, a definition and a graphic for each of the following terms:
    1. Uppercase
    2. Lowercase
    3. Small Caps
    4. Baseline
    5. X-height
    6. Ascender
    7. Descender
    8. Serif
    9. Terminal
    10. Stem
    11. Crossbar
    12. Bowl
    13. Counter
    14. Shoulder
    15. Ligature
  2. Save your document and turn it in to today’s Assignment Post in our Google Classroom.
  3. Congratulations for finishing the 3rd Quarter, and have a safe and Happy Spring Break! When we get back, we’re going to learn how to Animate!

Assigned: March 4th, 2022
Teacher Pacing Due Date: March 4th, 2022