Seating Chart
The administration reminded everyone that we’re supposed to use seating charts.
Helvetica
Quiz? Application?
Some Typographers/Designers
Stefan Sagmeister (and this)
Type Classification
Use Lupton’s Type Classification guide to classify each example.
Type Families and Superfamilies
Note that well designed fonts have careful variations across the family. For example, small caps versions are not simply scaled:
Vectorizing Hand Lettering
Download this file to use in the tutorial.
Illustrator Tutorial
Open Illustrator
File > Place
Layer Properties: Set Opacity to 50%
Add new layer
Set foreground color to None
Choose Pen tool
Begin click+drag to create nodes around Glyph. You’ll be able to adjust them later.
When the glyph is finished, set foreground to black.
You can see some additional help on Adobe’s website.
Inkscape Tutorial
Layers > Layers
Adjust Opacity to 50%
Layers > Add Layer
Choose Edit Paths by Nodes tool (upper left) (it’s under the pointer tool)
Begin click+drag to create nodes on the Bezier curve around the first glyph.
When the glyph is full enclosed, set fill to Black.
In class: Create text for a Covid-related event in Google Docs.
For Thursday
Read the Elam Axial Chapter. Use the Covid event text we created today. Print four copies with all type the same size/font.
Cut out strips of text and arrange in four different variations on the axial system. Take a phone picture of each.
Choose one to develop more fully by changing font or size. Print, cut, and arrange. Take a phone picture.
In your Google Drive folder, create a new folder titled “Elam” and inside that folder, create another folder titled “Axial”. Put your five images in there.
Finish watching Helvetica.