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Week Five: October 26-30
DUE October 26: Assignment 3
Weekly Checklist
NOTE: L.J. will be in class on Thursday - out-of-town trip cancelled.
Wednesday, October 28
GAMEPLAN
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Monday, October 26
GAMEPLAN
- Assignment 4 info
- Task 1 info
- Basic type & fonts
- Fills, lines
- Paths and effects
- Warping
- Lab time
DISCUSSION
Type
- Text tool
- Fonts
- Fill
- Stroke
Type paths
- Area Type tool
- Type on a path
- Vertical type tools
Type effects
- Type inside an object
- Path effects with type on a path options
- Type outlines
Typography
Logo/logotype
- What catches your eye?
- What helps communicate your style/skill-set?
- What identifies you without getting in the way of samples?
- Funky logo site
About logos
- Play with several typefaces
- Mix and match font families
- Mix and match colors and opacity
- Focus on legibility, readability, and your personal style
- Take what you like and refine with kerning, sizing, color and art
- Use a vector-based design for resizability
Demos
- Text on a path
- Text manipulation (typography)
- Letter fun (stroke, color, gradient)
- Quick BBT logo creation
TO DO
- Read Chapters 7 & 8
- Task 1: Text effects, 15 points, due Wednesday, November 2.
ASSIGNMENT 4
- Logo, due Wednesday, November 4
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