Objective:

I can use the Appearance and Graphic Styles panels in Illustrator to produce expressive text.

Web Link:

Adobe Illustrator CC: Graphic Styles
Adobe Illustrator CC: Appearance Attributes

Topics Discussed:

Typography
Appearance Panel
Graphic Styles Panel
Post-Modernism
Expressive Text

Assignment:

Visit the Adobe tutorial links. Follow the instructions to learn how to use the Appearance Panel, and how to save object appearances as Graphic Styles.

Recall back in the first semester, when we watched Helvetica and discussed the differences between the Modernists and the Post-Modernists. The Modernists believed that text should not be expressive, and meaning should only be derived from the word itself (i.e. the word “dog” should not look like a “dog”) whereas Post-Modernists asked the question, why can’t the word “dog” look like a dog?

Text that visually looks like the thing it is describing is called Expressive Text, and Illustrator has special tools that make the production of Expressive Text extremely easy and effective. Today we are going to explore the use of these tools to produce some expressive text of our own.

1. Watch the in-class demonstration, or visit the links above to learn how to use the Appearance Panel, how to save object appearances as Graphic Styles, and how to access the pre-set Graphic Styles libraries.
2. Open your Text Week document in Illustrator and go to the third (lower left) artboard.
3. Use the pre-set Graphic Styles libraries and the Type Tool to create five words that look like what is being described. For example:

Try to use different words and graphic styles than the ones in the example. When you have all five words and all of the previous assignments, save your work. We will continue to work on this document next week.

Assigned: March 3rd, 2023
Teacher Pacing Due Date: March 6th, 2023

Today, we are going to explore the use of type in Illustrator. We will discuss the different ways that type can be created and modified within Illustrator, and we will use our knowledge of color and shape to explore new ways to communicate with letters and words.

Objective:

I can use the text tools in Illustrator to create Point Type, Area Type and Type on a Path.

Video Links:

Creating Text: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/add-text-work-with-type-objects.html#creating_text

Creating Type on a Path: https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/creating-type-path.html#creating_type_on_a_path

Topics Discussed:

• Type Tool
• Point Type
• Area Type
• Overset Type
• Type on a Path
• Vertical Type
• Vertical Area Type
• Vertical Type on a Path

Instructions:

Use the 2nd (upper right) artboard on your current document to complete this activity. We will continue usin this document throughout this and next week to practice with the Type tools in Illustrator.

Follow along with the tutorial presentation in class, or read the “Creating Text” tutorial in the link provided above. Follow the tutorial to learn how to create point type and area type using the Type Tool.

1. After you have watched the tutorial, go to the first artboard in your new document.
2. If you followed along with the tutorial, you should already have Point Type and Path Type created. If not, create an example of each now using the Type Tool.
3. Read the “Creating Type on a Path” document at the link provided above. Follow the steps to learn how to create text that attaches to lines and shapes using the Type on a Path Tool.
4. Hold the mouse button down on the Type Tool to reveal the other Type tools: the Area Type Tool, the Type on a Path Tool, the Vertical Type Tool, theVertical Area Type Tool and the Vertical Type on a Path Tool.
5. Try each of these tools, and show an example of each on your artboard. Make sure all your examples fit on one artboard.
6. Your artboard should include an example of each of the following:
   1. Point Type
   2. Area Type
   3. Type on a Path
   4. Area Type inside a Shape (use the Shape Tool to draw your shape, and click on the path with the regular Type Tool)
   5. Overset Type (type that flows from one Type Area to another)
   6. Vertical Point Type
   7. Vertical Area Type
   8. Vertical Type on a Path
7. Save your document. We will continue to work with this document throughout the week.

Assigned: March 2nd, 2023
Teacher Pacing Due Date: March 3rd, 2023