Class 3

Class Info

• Date: Wednesday, 9/4
• Meeting Info: In-Person, Pearl 112

Topic

• Main Classification of Typefaces
  Quick Reference: Classification of Type PDF by M. Giuliani
• How to access a variety of typefaces for use across media (your computer, other sources)
• Discuss evolving trends in typography such as variable fonts and typography in space 
• Type vocabulary
• Introduction to Project 1: Type Book
  • Multiple-page document that will contain basic information about type.
  • Assignments will be completed in class and for homework.

Objectives

• Learn about and identify the main classifications of type: Serif, Sans Serif, Scripts and Display
• How to access a variety of typefaces for use across media (Your computer, other sources such as Adobe Fonts, Google Fonts )
  • Example: In Google Fonts, you can select categories and styles.
• The importance of looking at licenses.
• Discuss evolving trends in typography such as variable fonts and typography in space.

Activities

• Project 1: Type Book Setup:
  • Set up a document that looks like this (specs below):
    • 
      • Document Size: 11″ x 8.5″  (66 picas x 51 picas)
      • Page Orientation: Landscape
      • 5 columns with 0.1667″ (1 pica) gutter
      • 15 pages
    • Margins:
      • Top .5” (3p)
      • Bottom 0.625 in” (3p9)
      • Inside 1.25” (7p6)
      • Outside .5” (3p)
    • NO FACING PAGES
    • NO PRIMARY TEXT FRAME
    • Save file as: “lastname_firstname_project1_typebook“

• Parent Pages & Guides
  • How to setup your document Guides so they appear on ALL pages of your document.
    • WINDOWS >PAGES
    • This is the PAGES panel. It provides a thumbnail view of all the pages in your document. The panel is split to show PARENT PAGES above the line, and the document page below the line. Elements placed on the PARENT PAGES repeat on all pages.
    • Make sure PARENT PAGE A is Selected
      
    • Make sure Rulers are ON (View> Rulers or Command R). Move the origin of the rulers (where the rules meet), and drag to top left corner of your margins.
    • From your horizontal ruler, click and drag down a Guide. Place it 3.6” (21.7 picas) below the Top margin, then another guide 1 pica below that (will be 21.7″ from Bottom margin)
• Graphic Assignment 1 (part of Project 1)
  • Using the name of your selected invention, you will identify parts of letterforms (aka Anatomy of Type).
    
  • Go to Page 2 of the document you created. In column 5, type in the words “Type Vocabulary”. For now, choose any typeface and size. You will change this later.
  • Choose a serif typeface and type your selected invention in sentence case (the first letter is capitalized, and all other letters are lowercase).
  • Scale the type up so that it’s 4 columns wide. Leave space left and right for labels (see example above).
  • Move word so that the bottom of the word aligns with the first horizontal guide that you created earlier.
  • On 5th column, add the name of the main typeface used.
  • Using lines and arrows, identify the following terms:
    • baseline
    • capline
    • meanline
    • x-height
    • lowercase
    • uppercase
    • serif
    • ascender
    • ascender line
    • descender
    • descender line
    • counter or eye
  • Guides do not print, so make sure to create actual lines to indicated the baseline, capline, meanline, descender line, and ascender line.
  • Add lines pointing from specific part of the letterform, to their label.
  • Reference Tools: Anatomy of Type Quick Guide, How to Make Lines and Arrows in InDesign

To-Do After Class

• Complete Graphic Assignment 1 (guides, lines, and anatomy) that was started in class. This WILL be graded along with Graphic Assignment 2 (assigned during Class 4)
  • Save your InDesign File and create a PDF file (FILE> EXPORT> PDF)
  • ONLY export PAGE 2
  • Save file: lastname_firstname_vocabulary.pdf. NOTE: Assignments not following naming convention will be marked as not done.
  • Place only the PDF file in our class Dropbox