Due: 11:30, Wednesday, 3/23
Goal: Refine composition.
Objective: Create a structure that communicates.   

To Do

1. 1. research
   2. refine your alignment
   3. letterform & icon

1.  research

Add to your design influence

Find examples of your influence’s “language”
You can use to image to

Find 2 examples where you influence uses similar

• alignment
• proportion
• color
• typeface
• What are the typefaces? (see tools below for help)

Group these examples and add to the grid on Miro
If you are using the same image for several categories repeat it on Miro

Tools to identify fonts

 Identifont 
 Font identifier tool 
Fontspring Matcherator 
WhatThe Font
Font Squirrel

Whatfont Chrome tool information  This only identifies live text, not pictures
article:  Identify Fonts from Images and Web Text

 

2.  alignment

Finalize your best or favorite 11 x 17″ composition

1  Present 1 version with and without grid

show a HUGE change of scale at this size
only use 3 different styles and sizes of type
align to the grid, not to the edge of the page
group elements to allow for white space at the top or left side of your composition

2  Make 2 screen shots; with the grid and without the grid

3. Upload to Miro 

Remember:

Define your grid on all compositions:

Make the grid structure obvious with the position of your elements.

• To define the grid, one of the edges of the type column MUST touch the grid line.   Do not center the text column in the middle of your grid!!!

• Use scale, placement, alignment, typestyle, etc to create order.

• Asymmetrical compositions.

Have you defined your grid?
When you turn off your guides you should be able to see exactly where the grid line is located

• show alignments
• asymmetrical composition
• align to the grid, not the edge
• 5 column grid
• no margins
• black and white — no color

Reference

Visual Hierarchy tips that will make you a better designer: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1mjGvjP1zWCPWB7XcchuKIk7Ajbz0OiN8

from class work:

 

 

change the emphasis to the quote

 

3.  letterform and icon

1. 1. All letterform and icon assignment will be graded
      before 10 pm on Tuesday March 22
   2. Be sure to name and uploaded positive and negative versions
   3. Final size is 5×5 inches with a 1 point border
      DO NOT include a frame, crop to the edge of your composition

Correctly name each item:

example:

COMD1200 s22_your last name, your first name_letterform positive or COMD1200 s22_your last name, your first name_letterform negative

Upload your correctly named file to the Google Drive

Add to the the folder labeled with the project name:

You must use a google address to log into the drive.

The first time you try to enter, you will need to request permission After you request permission, Google will email me. I will respond to Google as soon as I receive the email

You will then have permission to use the drive