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Today’s content:

• Word Meanings: Look at tasks from last class and homework
• Read the attached file About Type  from Designing with Type, C.Foster, I.K.Scala, 2010:
•  revisit:
  • Type Tool (T),
  • Character Panel (Ctrl+T),
  • Outline Text (Shift+Ctrl+O),
  • Alignment and Distribution (Shift+F7) and
  • Pathfinder (Shift +Ctrl + F9)
• Practice the tools above

Word Meanings

We will commence by looking at the homework from last class. Please open it up on your computers and be ready to speak about it for 2-5mins.

I am very interested in looking at your word creations, particularly your own word and meaning.

About Type

Read the attached document ‘About Type’ from Designing with Type, C.Foster, I.K.Scala, 2010:g 

About Type

Think about a typeface suitable for a Ladies’ Cosmetics brand, in the higher price bracket and prestigious. What typeface/fonts can you think of?

Find a typeface that suits:

• Ladies’ Cosmetics brand, in the higher price bracket and prestigious
  
• Sport clothing brand for ball sports, to be used on shirts, pants, socks and shoes
• Brand of healthy food products from sustainable ethical plantations with a fair trade commitment

Revisiting Tools and Functions:

Open Illustrator at A4 with a landscape orientation and 4 art boards. Copy the words that your teacher writes and play with them as suggested.