Glyph Monster

Mike Wazowski, from Monster's Inc., is made entirely out of glyphs. It was really nice being able to use the Alt. tool so I could move letters, and it would move it and leave a replacement letter from where I took it. It was hard to actually start this project because it was very overwhelming to think that I had to make a monster out of glyphs. At the end though, it seemed very easy!

TYPO

This typography lesson was teaching me how to make letters look different. It taught me how to basically make the letters into shapes, and then move the shapes around. It teaches you that normal letters can be used differently in many ways.

Typography Worksheet

Anatomy http://www.nhsdesigns.com/graphic/typography/anatomy.php

Label and define all of the above numbers:

1. The ascender line is the imaginary line which determines the height of ascenders.
2. The base line is the imaginary line on which all characters rest. Descenders hang below the base line.
3. The ascender height is the x-height plus the height of the ascending stroke. It the distance between the base line and the ascender line.
4. The cap height is the height of capital letters. It is the distance bewteen the base line and the cap line.
5. The descender is the stroke of a letter which dips below the base line, as in the letters g and j.
6. The ascender is the stroke of a letter which rises above the mean line, as in the letters d, f and k.
7. The x-height is the distance between the flat top and bottom of a lower case letter which has no ascender or descender, such as x. It is the distance between the base line and the mean line. The curved tops and bottoms of the p, o, and g extend beyond these lines so that they appear visually to fit the x-height.
8. The cap line is the imaginary line which determines the height of capital letters.
9. The mean line is the imaginary line which determines the height of lowercase letters. Ascenders rise above the mean line.
10.The descender line is the imaginary line which defines the bottom reach of descenders.

Type Families:   http://www.nhsdesigns.com/graphic/typography/type-families.php

Define Serif: Serif is the fine line that extends from the top and bottom of letters making them easier to read, used for the body text of a book.
Define Sans-Serif: A typeface that is straight with no serifs or small extensions on letter; geterally used for headers.
When do you use Antique Fonts? Antique fonts can be used to evoke a period feel.
At most how many words should be Decorative Fonts at a time? No more than 3 words at a time.
What does a script font resemble? Script fonts resemble handwriting.
Why use Symbol Fonts? Symbol fonts are composed of graphic icons to provide embellishments to text. These are sometimes created to complement a specific font.

Essentials:  http://freelancefolder.com/typography-essentials-a-getting-started-guide/

Define Typography: The art and process of arranging type for a variety of media purposes and is made up of several parts.
Why do designers need a solid foundation in typography? By understanding the underlying message that your choiceof text contains, you will become more effective as you design and layout projects containing words and phrases.
Kerning: Kerning is the space located between individual letters of a word.
Leading: Leading is the space between the lines of text.
Tracking: I didn’t find anything for this word.

When do you use Center Alignment? You use center alignment when you want to draw attention and is used a majority of the time for Headlines or titles.
When do you use Right Alignment? Clean, crisp professional look and is used quite a bit for corporate business letters, return address labels, business cards and a variety of other applications.
When do you use Justified Alignment?  Usually for newspaper print or body text for textbooks would you need to use justified alignment.

Styling:  http://www.nhsdesigns.com/graphic/typography/styling-formatting.php

What is remembered, good styling, and bad styling?   Why? People usually forget bad typography, because they realize that something bad is wrong with it. When  you do a good job, people don’t notice anything because there is nothing wrong with it.
What is legibility? Legibility is how well you can read the text.
Type size smaller than 7pt is: Hello
Type size smaller than 3pts is: Hello
Type range for legible type is: Between 9-10 pt font.
What size do you use for long passages? 8-14
What case do we use for Body? We use uppercase and lowercase for the body
What is measure? Measure is the width of text in the column.
What can you tell me about Ranged/Ragged Edges? When text is aligned to one margin.

Text as Image: http://www.nhsdesigns.com/graphic/typography/text-as-image.php

What are some ways text can be used as images? Summarize what you see.

When you are wanting to make certain images out of your letters, or if you are wanting to make certain letters out of smaller words that you use.

Choosing and Using Type:  http://www.will-harris.com/use-type.htm

**Read ALL of it.  Answer the following: **

Why is choosing and using the right font important?  Give YOUR opinion. It is important because if you chose the wrong font, it could totally ruin the whole idea of your project.

What are the two most important things to remember?   Type is on the page to serve the text. It should make the words easy to read and provide a suitable background. Type should not overpower the text. Also, you need to know that there are no good and bad typefaces, there are just appropriate and inappropriate typefaces. Think about your reader and the feeling you want to convey, then choose a typeface that fits. 

What is appropriate? What do you have to consider? If it matches what you are trying to advertise or say, go for it. You have to consider that you could look to boring if you are working for a party store, or you could seem to exciting and unprofessional if you are trying to write a formal paper.

1. Body text should be between 10 and 12 point, with 11 point best for printing to 300 dot-per-inch printers. Use the same typeface, typesize, and leading for all your body copy.
2. Use enough leading (or line-spacing). Always add at least 1 or 2 points to the type size. Example: If you're using 10 point type, use 12 point leading. Automatic line height will do this for you--never use less than this or your text will be cramped and hard to read.
3. Don't make your lines too short or too long. Optimum size: Over 30 characters and under 70 characters.
4. Make paragraph beginnings clear. Use either an indent or block style for paragraphs. Don't use both. Don't use neither, either.
5. Use only one space after a period, not two.
6. Don't justify text unless you have to. If you justify text you must use hyphenation.
7. Don't underline anything, especially not headlines or subheads since lines separate them from the text with which they belong.
8. Use italics instead of underlines.
9. Don't set long blocks of text in italics, bold, or all caps because they're harder to read.
10. Leave more space above headlines and subheads than below them, and avoid setting them in all caps. Use subheads liberally to help readers find what they're looking for.

Flower Bouquet

This Flower bouquet was made using many different effects. Dropshadows, curved lines, and other things were used to make this effect. The opacity mask was also used to make the center yellow circle look how it looks. 

Dirty Water Drop

This assignment consisted of many tools. Unlike the last project, we used more than just simple shapes. I was able to create many 3D effects with many 2D shapes, which is really cool. The different shades of color also helped make the 3D effect look more real. 

Pen Practice

I practiced with the pen tool on gray lines using red pen color. I was able to trace the lines almost perfectly. I put the stoke at 4 points, and had no fill with a red outline. This was a very frustrating assignment to do.

Simple Shapes

This basketball player was made out of simple shapes from Adobe Illustrator. There was no copying or pasting any of his body from any other picture. All of his body parts are made out of shapes. The shape tools, knife, shape builder, and many other effects were used to create the boy. The hair was made from a spiral, with a light brown background around it, cutting out the extra parts and making the curls of the hair.