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Class 05

Class Info

  • Class Date: Thurs Sep. 10
  • Class Time: 8:30AM-10:00AM

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

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