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Kerning with Movable Type

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Libby Clarke
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Homework for Week Four

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Libby Clarke

Finish worksheets Kerning homework: Go out into the world, find bad kerning, take a digital photo. Using Photoshop (if you know how), correct the kerning to the best of your ability. Display before and after states.

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Classwork for Week Four

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Libby Clarke

Look at the Modern typefaces We need to talk about the bounding box and its implications We will look at good and bad kerning We will play the Kerning Game Print out fake words, paying attention to letterspacing and kerning We will … Continue reading →

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Relief Printing Begins

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Libby Clarke
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Homework for Class Three

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Libby Clarke

Finish worksheets on the transitional typeface. Read assigned pages on class website. Finish carving your letters if you have not yet. If you were able to print: Anatomy exercise: take your printed letters, choose the best ones of each and … Continue reading →

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iPad App Research Begins!

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Libby Clarke

I am so excited that you are so keen to be my research subjects! I will be asking you loads of questions about how you are learning things. I will put up any good sketches I create–I am still in … Continue reading →

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Class Survey One

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Libby Clarke

Go to the site Lost Type Coop. Go to the Browse page and pick your favorite font. Download and install that font using Font Book and write a paragraph with the following information using InDesign. What is the font’s name? Who created the … Continue reading →

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Homework for Class Two

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Libby Clarke

Finish worksheets and have them ready to turn in to me Read assigned pages on class website: I will put the material up this weekend and update this post to be clear. Get materials for next week: we will start … Continue reading →

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Classwork for Class Two

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Libby Clarke

History: The Development of Letterforms The Development of Typefaces Five Families of Type: Overview Old Style typefaces Initial lettering worksheets (Old Style) Working on the Computer: Fonts /Software

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Homework for Week One

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Libby Clarke

Get all supplies (bring them to class next session) Go to Openlab and join, go to class website Take part in class survey on class website

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