TYPOGRAPHY Slogan posters

26th September 2017

Overview and investigating and experimenting with the following: fonts, type styles, punctuation, tracking, leading,
serifs, sans-serifs, glyphs, anatomy and creating outlines - counter, ascender, descender, x height, cap height,
point size, underlined, uppercase/lowercase, warping and type on a path

CREATE
Write down 4 famous quotes that represent you, your life, your past or future and use to
experiment with the different typographic techniques shown.
From this create 4 Typographic posters each one.
representing a different style or technique

TECHNQIUES LEARNT
Using Type - fonts, type styles, punctuation, tracking, leading, serifs, sans-serifs, type on a path, anatomy
Character palette and Paragraph palette
Creating outlines
Anchor points and paths
Creating shapes and filling with colour
Outlines and strokes
Transforming and rotating

OUTCOMES
4 typographic posters

PORTFOLIO OF EVIDENCE/BLOG
Research looking at digital typography and cutting edge design work related type
Initial ideas and sketches taking photographs and uploading;
Creative visual development and experimentation;
Documentation of all your digital processes - this should be in the form of screenshots with
appropriate notes;
Sophisticated presentation of outcomes - using multiple formats where appropriate and mock
ups; and
Evaluation of skills learnt and software used.
EXTEND
Additional slogan posters adding appropriate background textures or imagery.

Using your icons to create clipping masks with typography

Using freehand pencil tools to create more organic structures