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1 Designing With Type part 2

2 During Middle Ages books were called…
papyruses illuminated manuscripts scrolls calligraphy What does “Illuminated” mean?

3 The first printing press was invented…
by William Caslon in 15th century in 18th century b & e by Johannes Gutenberg a & c

4 Name 2 main type categories
ascender and descender Serif and Sans Serif cold and hot metal type none of the above

5 Which fonts are older, Serif or Sans Serif?

6 Leading – spacing between lines
This term derives from “hot type” typesetting (strips of lead were placed between lines of type) and refers to the amount of spacing between lines of type.

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8 Leading – spacing between lines
How much leading? One rule of thumb suggests adding about 20% or around 2 points to the point size of your text as a starting point for adjusting line spacing. Less is generally too crowded. Type size: 32 pt. / Leading Size: 34 pt.

9 Kerning – spacing between letters

10 Kerning – is the individual attention given to the spacing between any two letters

11 Kerning Pairs These are pairs you must start paying attention too in everything you design in this program. OC — curved letters need special attention Ya — always kern after a y Hi or fl — vertical letters together or ligatures Wn — oblique letters always present a problem

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14 Kerning Pairs There shouldn’t be a space between them

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23 compare these logos

24 compare these logos

25 “Typolution” Animation by Olivier Beaudoin:

26 Famous Graphic Designers
David Carson Paula Scher

27 To Get More Ideas for Project 2
“Type City” – Interactive Project

28 Student Work Pick a children book and draw one page. The illustration must related to content It must be black and white You can paste the text along the path And use letters to draw the character It must have content too

29 Student Work 6. You should play around the keyword in the content. Make a outstanding and look like its meaning

30 Student Work If you don’t have time to search the children book. You can use the content of previous student’s work. e.g. humpty dumpty sat…. But you must draw your own egg and character. Have your own gesture of the character. You own layout and structure of paragraph.

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36 Student Work. Project by Kat M.

37 Student Work. Project by Leo A.

38 Student Work. Project by Cynthia D.

39 Student Work. Project by Rachel P.

40 Student Work. Project by Shawn D.

41 All you need to know about different typefaces:
More Useful Links All you need to know about different typefaces:

42 Need More Fonts?

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44 Which one is Serif and which one is San Serif?
Arial Times New Roman

45 ________________ I s s p a c e b e t w e e n e a c h l e t t e r.
H e r e I s t h e s a m p l e s e n t e n c e. Here is the sample sentence.

46 Kerning ________________ I s s p a c e b e t w e e n e a c h l e t t e r. H e r e I s t h e s a m p l e s e n t e n c e. Here is the sample sentence.

47 Here is sample paragraph
____________ is space between lines

48 Leading Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph.
____________ is space between lines

49 Student Extra Credit You can demonstrate Illustrator technique that didn’t cover in class. The time length is 10 minutes. You will have extra 3% in your final grade.


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