Week 13

Session 1

Quiz #3 on Anatomy of Magazine @ 9:15am – 9:50am

Introduction Please leave a comment here about the movie Helvetica that you saw over the break (see prompt questions provided on the discussion page).

1) Quality of Typography Checklist

1. No widows

2. No orphans

3. No double end-of-line hyphens

4. Consistant wordspaces/letterspaces = even color

5. No stroked/outlined type (except headlines)

6. No artificial expand/condense

7. Maintain style consistency in content categories

8. Proper kearning in headlines and large type

2) Printing Magazine Troubleshooting

3) Critique 

1. In groups of 3-4, share each other’s Magazines. Have one student take notes on this discussion board (please include group members names):

• Discuss the difference between your experience looking at the digital versions of the Type Book and Magazine versus handling the physical product.

• What were some things that didn’t turn out how you expected? What were some happy mistakes?

2. (NOT for discussion board) In groups,

• Using the Quality of Typography Checklist above, check student work for any of these mistakes.

• Next, determine one necessary design change they will make to their magazine in Project #3. Proof of this change will be factored into their grade.

4) Intro to Project #3 | Interactivity

5) Quiz on Checklist (12/10)

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Session 2

Introduction Please print Project #2 Rubric, write your name, and turn it in with your Magazine.

1) Demo Interactivity

• Buttons, more demos

• Multi-State slideshow (gallery)

2) Workshop

3) Evaluations