Class 12

Class Info

Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022

Meeting Info: In person, Pearl 116, 8:30 to 11:00am, NORMALLY followed by Professor’s office hours from 11:00am to noon in Pearl 116.

NOTE: This class, Class 12 on October 13, will be taught by an amazing professor while I’m out of state for 2 classes.

Topic

• Continue Expressive Typography (six words) with a Sans Serif Typeface. (See this handout from Class 11 for basic info about Expressive Type).
• Reminder: due today are six sketches using the words listed on October 11, on OpenLab Class 11. Review the PDF template for Project 02/Step 01—i. e. Words/Definitions/Sketches in 2-inch square boxes.

Objectives

• PROCESS. Students learn how to interpret their sketches to then make appropriate selections of typeface.
• Students learn software to move into digital environment.

Activities

Type Challenge Tools
Create new document in Illustrator

Go to FILE> NEW

Create 3 x 3 inches square / 2 artboards

• ARTBOARD 1—Use the word: building (lowercase)
• We will create an outline and slightly move some points
• ARTBOARD 2—Use the word: broken (upper or lower case)
• We will create an outline and use the pathfinder tool to divide parts of the letterform
• Save Illustrator file
• Export as a JPG

Post under TYPE CHALLENGE (categories Student post and Student Post Type challenge)

Title for POST: LastName_illustrator_tools

last_name_first_name_tools.jpg

Other reference

PDF- How to CREATE OUTLINE
PDF /Pathfinder/DIVIDE tool in Illustrator

PDF /Touch TYPE Tool in Illustrator might be useful if you need to quickly tilt letters

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Expressive Word Continued:

Project 2 
Step 2: Expressive Words

Select 4 of the 6 words that you sketched

• Bring Ideas into the computer
  • Now it is time to interpret your sketches and determine which actual typeface to use. For this part of assignment we will use Illustrator 
• General Specs: 
  • Size: 3 x 3  square 
  • In Illustrator use 4 artboards

• NOW
  Start working on your words (one per artboard)
• Refer to handouts for different techniques.
  • Select one Sans Serif Typeface per word (with variations ok)
  • Only use black and white. 
• Remember that you already know about typeface selection & variables, case (Upper case & Lower case) and word spacing and must apply those concepts moving forward.

You can consider scale, repetition, overlap, removal of letters or parts of it to create a visual definition of your words. Do not add illustrations or additional shapes. You can only use the letters that belong to the word. You can extend ascenders and descenders, but cannot take the letterforms out of proportion

Complete After Class =Assignment

This is due next class. Upload to Dropbox in the folder named Class12.

Complete 4 words

Save your work in Illustrator

then go to FILE> EXPORT > EXPORT AS

Lastname_expressive_words_101322

Grading Note:
Project 3: Steps/ progress not done by due dates minus 15 points (more than for Project 01).
Upload to Dropbox .

Remember the naming convention”

Lastname_expressive_words_101322

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