Activity 1: What's your Type?

Part 1

Complete the following quiz and click the 2nd link to find out more about your type.

Part 2: My Name Is...

1. Download the .AI file called "My name is..." 

2. Write your name and consider how you will change the type to match each description.

3. Add elements of design and consider the principles

4. Send me the JPG and AI files and let me know which you think was most successful. I'll add that one for the critique.

Activity 2: Games (beat me for extra credit)

1. Play each game

Tracking Game score to beat 87

Shape Game score to beat: 77

2. Take a screen shot (COMMAND + SHIFT + 4) of your score and submit

**ALSO PLAY BINGO

BINGO SHEETS

Activity 3: Typography Infographic

Develop a type anatomy poster, recognizing at least 12 different anatomical parts of the letter-forms in the chosen word “Typography”.  Please include Baseline and x-height amongst the 12 anatomical parts.

11 x 17 inch format

This can be either hand generated or created using a software package of choice (Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.)

The upload MUST be a PDF or JPG document.

Proper assignment naming. . .John Doe, ie. jdoe_Exercise 04.pdf

Activity 4: Illustrate a Word: Black & White

Activity 5: the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

1. Find 3 examples of typography, 1 good, 1 bad, 1 ugly. (Look around you or at home & take pictures with your phone!)

2. Write at least 2 sentences about each example explaining why you feel it's good, bad, or ugly.

3. Download as PDF and submit

Examples

Project 1: Personal Logo Design

Before you start SHOOT THE SERIF! Play the game here!!

Part 1:  Create a working presentation template. This presentation template will be used for the entire project. You will be able to make adjustments throughout the project.

Step One:  Follow the simple template provided to make sure that you create all of the necessary base pages for your final presentation. You will be adding additional pages as you complete your research, concepts and final presentation.

Step Two:  Remember, this is a base working template and you will be making changes and adjustments as you work on this project. This template is only a starter not a final.

Part 2: Personal Logo Sketches:

Step One: Using your initials start sketching up ideas for a personal logo. You must use your initials, 2 (two) or more letters must be present in the main part of the logo.

Step Two: create a minimum of fifteen (15 logo sketches). Five (5) sketches should use a Sans Serif Font. Five (5) sketches should use a Serif Font. Five (5) sketches should use a Script Font or a combination.

Notes: Think about sizes, overlapping, twisting, turning, creating letters within letters, you can do anything you want. Google search Typography (Your letter) to see different ways to write a letter.

Step Three: Use a cell phone, digital camera or scanner to get your drawings into the computer and into your presentation from part 1. We will use Gravit to clean them up. Or most programs allow you to adjust contrast and other things within the image. Also learn how to use the cropping tool so all of your images look great.

Part 3: Refine the Sketches & then make 1 final comprehensive design

Step One: Pick 3 to recreate digitally (refining stage)

Step Two: Pick 1 of the 3 to be the final (or comprehensive design) and get as close to perfection as possible

SHOW YOUR WORK! Import all of the refining in your presentation then make a slide for your final.

Overall you will need

• 1 Google slides working document (template below)

• 15 sketches

• 3 refined logos

• 1 final logo design (1 white version, 1 black version, same logo design)

SAMPLE 1

Project 2: Font Pairing & Visual Hierarchy

objective: We will typeset poems or lyrics, designing a visual hierarchy

and pairing different fonts until you come up with a scheme that you

are happy with. The entire class will contribute to the creation of a

book of favorite poems.

step 1: Research poems or lyrics until you find five that hold special meaning to you.

step 2: Sketch out on paper how you will lay out the poems, striving to lead the viewer's eye with a well composed hierarchy, and using fonts that increase the meaning of the poem.  Try different pairings

step 3: create three 8.5 x 11in document. 1 to display each of your 3 poems finalized.

25 pts - craftsmanship

20 pts - Technical: you combine 2 types of font and have included a border and considered other appropriate extras such as color, composition, and balance.