Faculty: This example post demonstrates how you can provide information about each class for your students. It uses the category “Classes” and can be found under Activities > Classes in the site menu. Use the suggested outline below to structure your class posts.

Class Info

  • Date: Add date
  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location

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

  • Name That Type Activity – Typeface Classification
  • Talk Activity – Found Alphabet

To-Do After Class

Graphic Assignment: Complete Vocabulary (Anatomy) page that was started during class:

Refer to this PDF with assignment details.

Graphic Assignments are always due the day before next class by 11:30pm, and must be placed in class drive unless indicated otherwise.

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