Monday, December 7, 2009

12.8 - Typography and U

Warm Up - (15min)
POTD
QOTD: Can letters be art? Look for an example on the interwebs and post it to your blog for today’s warm up.

Vocabulary:
typeography
bold
italic
positive space
negative space
color
case
kerneling
justification
scale

Typography Intro

What is it?
Where is it used?
Why is it important?
How can we use it?
Time for some awesome keynote!!!!!!!!!

Part 1 - Working with a given text (30min)

Use Adobe Illustrator create this project
“Text Project 1”, Web, 900 pixels x 900 pixels
Using a single set of text, create 9 different variations following the 10 rules of typography.
Arrange the type evenly on a 3x3 grid
Choose a line or two of the text to emphasize.
You may use ONLY ONE FONT.

Here is the text:

Truth Be Told
Lower Division Exhibition
6-8pm
Envision Academy of Arts & Technology
1515 Webster Street
Oakland, Ca.

POST TO YOUR BLOG WHEN COMPLETE

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