Class Info

  • Date: Friday, 10/18
  • Meeting Info: In-Person, Pearl 112

Topic

  • Continue Expressive Typography: CREATIVE and PLAYFUL solutions

Objectives

  • Learn about strategies and skills that will help us make typography a bit more playful.
  • Apply unique characteristics to type as it relates to a brand or logotype
  • Continue learning tools in Illustrator

Activities

  • Type Challenge – Illustrator Tools (WARP text and Offset Path)
  • Project 2 — Part 2 (Start in class, complete for HW)
    • First, let’s examine the typography of the name brand of some food products.
      • Think about placement, case, style, others.
      • What is different from we’ve looked at and studied so far?
      • What is your favorite food?
    • You will create a more creative solution, still using a typeface, for our favorite foods. This solution will first be in black and white.
    • Create an Illustrator doc with the following specs : 
      • Size: 3″ x 3″
      • 4 Artboards
    • Once document is open:
      • Save as: Lastname_Firstname_FaveFood_Sequence1
      • Windows> ARTBOARDS> On the bottom left of window > REARRANGE ALL ARTBOARDS
      • Columns 2, then Spacing :
    • Create A Sequence (You’ll be working from Left to Right):
    • Once finished, save your work in Illustrator, then go to FILE> EXPORT > EXPORT AS and EXPORT AS JPG
      • Name JPG: Lastname_Firstname_FaveFood_Sequence1
      • Place in Dropbox

To-Do After Class

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