For Class May 5th

Project 1.3 DUE

Have a rough draft of your report for Project 4.

Be ready to do some thumbnail sketches (bring some colored pencils or markers).

Final Exam Review Sheet

There will be a Final Exam on our last class period, May 19. Here is the Final Exam Review Sheet. Start studying now!

Things To Know

Hopefully by now you are pretty good at recognizing fonts. Be able to recognize:

• Myriad Pro
• Neue Helvetica
• Didot
• Futura
• Adobe Garamond

For Class April 28th

Project 3 DUE
(Don't forget to bring your electronic file!)

Bring three (3) options each of 1.3.A, 1.3.B, 1.3.C, 1.3.D (In color and trimmed!). Here's the Project 1.3 projectsheet.

Read chapter 9 of The Clair Book

The Perfectly Mounted Board Would Have...

• Tracing paper covering all of the front of the black board and nothing more (other than to wrap around and attach to the back)
• Artists tape cut cleanly with an X-acto knife rather than torn (be careful not to cut through to the board when trimming your tape)
• A perfectly centered composition (remember to erase your pencil marks)
• No glue residue sticking to the tracing paper (watch out for overspray onto other compositions when you are spraying)
• Everything centered, lined up, and cut at right angles with laser-like precision. There is no detail too small.

For Class April 21

Project 1.2 DUE

Bring three (3) trimmed sample spreads for Project 3.

Read Chapter 7 of The Clair Book

For Class April 14

Bring at least three (3) options of EACH of the following (for a total of twelve options):

Project 1.2.A
Using all 9-point Helvetica Neue Regular, and only the distance between text elements and orthogonal ornament (vertically and horizontally oriented boxes and lines) to establish a hierarchy.

Project 1.2.B
Using all 9-point Helvetica Neue Regular, Helvetica Neue 45 Light, Helvetica Neue 75 Bold, and/or Helvetica Neue 25 Ultra Light, the distance between the text elements and orthogonal ornament (vertically and horizontally oriented boxes and lines) to establish a hierarchy.

Project 1.2.C
Using all Helvetica Neue Regular, vary size and the distance between text elements and use orthogonal ornament (vertically and horizontally oriented boxes and lines) to establish a hierarchy.

Project 1.2.D
Using all Helvetica Neue Regular, Helvetica Neue 45 Light, Helvetica Neue 75 Bold, and/or Helvetica Neue 25 Ultra Light, vary size and the distance between the text elements and useorthogonal ornament (vertically and horizontally oriented boxes and lines) to establish a hierarchy.

Print out your options on a laser printer, and trim to 8.5" x 8.5". These will not have to be mounted at this point.

Type and print out the text from Project 3.

Read Chapter 6 of The Clair Book

Read the Bringhurst handout on page proportions.

Project 3: Book Interiors and Special Characters

DUE April 21 APRIL 28, 2005

Book interiors are a great test of one's skills in subtle communication of hierarchy. The margins of a book deserve as much consideration as the typography itself. Additionally, there are some special characters on that don't reside on your keyboard that every typographer will encounter some day.

Project 3: Book Interiors and Special Characters hones these skills and includes some characters that are challenging to type.

Things to Know

Don't forget the things you already know, but in addition, know terminology for the anatomy of letters. More specifically:

• ascenders
• descenders
• serifs
• terminals
• stress or bias
• bowl
• ears
• spurs
• shoulders

[UPDATE: April 11, 6:27PM]
also:

• spurs
• serifs
• baseline
• x-height
• cap-height