Class Info

• Class Date: Thurs Sep. 10

• Class Time: 8:30AM-10:00AM

• Class Meeting Zoom https://zoom.us/j/6459468086
  Meeting ID: 645 946 8086

Topic

Project 1: Continue Type Book: Basic Type Anatomy (page 2)

Please review this Quick Reference PDF with basic typography terminology

Objectives

• Learn basic type terminology:  
  Baseline/capline/meanline/xheight/lowercase/uppercase/ serif/ascender and ascender line/ descender and descender line/counter/serif or sans serif
• How understanding these terms and their specific visual characteristics will aid in the selection of typefaces and overall design compositions.
• Continue page setup Indesign

Activities

• Start During class:
• Go to Page 2 of the document that was created last class
  On the last column type in the words Type Vocabulary. For now–choose typeface and size.

Then identify the following terms:

Baseline/capline/meanline/xheight/lowercase/uppercase/ serif/ascender and ascender line/ descender and descender line/counter/serif or sans serif

Refer to this PDF with assignment details

• TYpe Talk Activity –Type Book 02a Anatomy_definitions_exercise

To-Do After Class

1. Graphic Assignment: Complete Vocabulary (Anatomy) page that was started during class: Type Book 2a Assignment –

Assignments are always due the day before next class by 11:30pm, and must be posted to OpenLab or uploaded as instructed

In InDesign

• FILE>EXPORT> jpg Quality medium, 72DPI
• name “Last name first name Type Book 2 Anatomy.jpg”
• name Type Book 02a Anatomy_definitions_exercise.jpg
• Upload jpg files to OpenLab media library