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Designing With Type part 2. During Middle Ages books were called…. papyruses illuminated manuscripts scrolls calligraphy What does “Illuminated” mean?. The first printing press was invented…. by William Caslon in 15 th century in 18 th century b & e by Johannes Gutenberg a & c.
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During Middle Ages books were called… • papyruses • illuminated manuscripts • scrolls • calligraphy What does “Illuminated” mean?
The first printing press was invented… • by William Caslon • in 15th century • in 18th century • b & e • by Johannes Gutenberg • a & c
Name 2 main type categories • ascender and descender • Serif and Sans Serif • cold and hot metal type • none of the above
Leading – spacing between lines This term derives from “hot type” typesetting (strips of lead were placed between lines of type) and refers to the amount of spacing between lines of type. This term derives from “hot type” typesetting (strips of lead were placed between lines of type) and refers to the amount of spacing between lines of type. This term derives from “hot type” typesetting (strips of lead were placed between lines of type) and refers to the amount of spacing between lines of type.
Leading – spacing between lines How much leading? One rule of thumb suggests adding about 20% or around 2 points to the point size of your text as a starting point for adjusting line spacing. Less is generally too crowded. Type size: 32 pt. / Leading Size: 34 pt.
Kerning – is the individual attention given to the spacing between any two letters
Kerning Pairs These are pairs you must start paying attentiontoo in everything you design in this program. OC — curved letters need special attention Ya — always kern after a y Hi or fl — vertical letters together or ligatures Wn — oblique letters always present a problem
Kerning Pairs There shouldn’t be a space between them
“Typolution” Animation by Olivier Beaudoin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVPfTlpCKaw
Famous Graphic Designers David Carson http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/david_carson_on_design.html Paula Scher http://www.hillmancurtis.com/index.php?/film/watch/paula_scher/
To Get More Ideas for Project 2 “Type City” – Interactive Project
Student Work Pick a children book and draw one page. The illustration must related to content It must be black and white You can paste the text along the path And use letters to draw the character It must have content too
Student Work 6. You should play around the keyword in the content. Make a outstanding and look like its meaning
Student Work If you don’t have time to search the children book. You can use the content of previous student’s work. e.g. humpty dumpty sat…. But you must draw your own egg and character. Have your own gesture of the character. You own layout and structure of paragraph.
More Useful Links All you need to know about different typefaces: http://www.paratype.com/help/term/
Need More Fonts? http://www.dafont.com http://www.urbanfonts.com
Which one is Serif and which one is San Serif? Arial Times New Roman
________________ I s s p a c e b e t w e e n e a c h l e t t e r. H e r e I s t h e s a m p l e s e n t e n c e. Here is the sample sentence.
Kerning ________________ I s s p a c e b e t w e e n e a c h l e t t e r. H e r e I s t h e s a m p l e s e n t e n c e. Here is the sample sentence.
Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph. Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph ____________ is space between lines
Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph. Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph Here is sample paragraph Leading ____________ is space between lines
Student Extra Credit You can demonstrate Illustrator technique that didn’t cover in class. The time length is 10 minutes. You will have extra 3% in your final grade.
