Topics Covered

For the last few sessions we have been learning InDesign—creating new documents, creating guides and rule , adding text, kerning and tracking. As we have had the chance to experience digital typography, and we have had the opportunity to deal with variations in typefaces, such as different weights, styles and widths.

One of the new tasks was creating type on a path. Here is a video that will help you if you didn’t quite catch on during our class session. Even though this demo uses InDesign CS5, the technique is still the same.

Journal Items

1. Find  3 examples of bad kerning—good kerning, loose kerning, and bad kerning.

Homework

• Complete these type book exercises from last week—Alignment, Variations
• Reading Assignment – Adobe Typography Primer
• Type Book – Alignment/Justified vs Forced Justified: down the handout with the complete instructions if you missed it in class.
  ADV1167-Justified

Topics Covered

Most typefaces have different variations or styles. These are modified versions of the original or regular typeface. Some common variations are italic, bold and bold italic. Some typefaces also come in condensed or extended (expanded), but may also have other varieties like small caps, outlined, shaded or even more decorative with swashes. A few articles to review on the topic are Variations on a Theme and Styles, Weights, Widths—It’s All in the (Type) Family.

Vocabulary

• Regular, roman, book
• Type width
  condensed
  extended, expanded
• Weight
  light, bold
• Posture
  italic, oblique
• Stress
  vertical
  horizontal
• Contrast
  extreme
  medium
  low/none
• Serif
  bracketed
  unbracketed

Homework

Type Book— This type book exercise is based on variations. Create a 6-page document. Each page must show a sampling of 3 character, comparing variations to type within each category discussed in class. The document for this assignment may be downloaded –>ADV1167-Variations