Apollo, Colonial Forge High School (Stafford, Virginia) Tesserae, Painted Post High School (Corning, New York)

k) Titanium, Antelope High School (California)

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BY BERNADETTE CRANMER, MJE

FONT | Traditionally, a complete set of characters for one typeface at one particular type size. The
shape of a character in an alphabet with letters, number and symbols, which is identified by a family
name e. g., “Helvetica” or “Berkeley.”
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 Over and over again, reigning it
in is the message from advisers
when it comes to guiding their
students’ typeface selections.
Whether they had been advising for five years or
THE GOTHAM FONT FAMILY 25, advisers sometimes cringe when they turn
From Hoefler and Company their students loose for the fist time to design a
An example of a font family with a great variety
of weights suitable particularly for headlines and page. From one font to 50 in the blink of the eye.
captions, the complete Gotham range of 66 styles: Novice designers seem to love using every font
weights from thin to ultra, each in Roman and italic,
in the regular, narrow, extra narrow and condensed
on the computer.
widths. $996. It gained much popularity since it was
used for the 2008 Obama presidential campaign. However, as they gain experience, designers
“Gotham is that rarest of designs, the new typeface
that feels somehow familiar. From the lettering that
realize fonts are all about readability and
inspired it, Gotham inherited an honest tone that’s conveying a message. Making use of fewer font
assertive but never imposing, friendly but never families rather than trying to use every font on
folksy, confident but never aloof. The inclusion of so
many original ingredients without historical prec-
the machine enhances the message.
edent — a lowercase, italics, a comprehensive range
of weights and widths and a character set that tran- You know the moment. The fledgling editor proudly posts her
scends the Latin alphabet — enhances these forms’ first page for feedback and you gulp when you see that she used
plainspokenness with a welcome sophistication and
brings a broad range of expressive voices to the
every typeface and tool featured on the InDesign character palette.
Gotham family.” Apparently, the dazzling array of choices available in the drop-
Gotham Thin down menu erased your carefully constructed typography lessons
Gotham Thin Italic from that 15-year-old mind.
Gotham Extra Light “Don’t mix more than two typefaces on a page,” you said. “Don’t
Gotham Extra Light Italic stretch the width and height of the font,” you said. “Make sure to
Gotham Light emphasize the key part of the headline using only one character
Gotham Light Italic tool.”
Gotham Book One thing still rewards you in that moment — the student’s exu-
Gotham Book Italic berance. So you build on that as Cathy Wall, MJE, does.
Gotham Medium “Like content, I think it’s good to let the students make the
Gotham Medium Italic choices even when I disagree (or gag a little),” said Wall, who advises
Gotham Bold The Purple Clarion at Harrisburg High School (Illinois). “I give them
Gotham Bold Italic parameters and ask that they work within them.”
Gotham Black Encouraging student editors to set and follow guidelines —
Gotham Black Italic whether they are set by you working with the editor or by a design
Gotham Ultra team — is crucial. You are not limiting their First Amendment rights
Gotham Ultra Italic when you are teaching them that there are design rules. You are giv-
Gotham XNarrow Thin ing them the ability to convey a stronger message. Yes, sometimes
Gotham XNarrow Thin Italic they will choose things you dislike, but at least, they will be con-
Gotham XNarrow Extra Light sistent. And over time, you can decrease those immature decisions.
Gotham XNarrow Extra Light Italic Wall said one of her editors tended to use typefaces she saw
Gotham XNarrow Light as “pretty” rather than thinking about the personality of the type
Gotham XNarrow Light Italic matching the content of the page so Wall has a strategy.
Gotham XNarrow Book “I’ve tweaked some lessons for next year in hopes that I will better
Gotham XNarrow Book Italic equip them for font selections,” Wall said.
Gotham XNarrow Medium Whether she uses typography guides such as those in this issue’s
Gotham XNarrow Medium Italic “Books for Type Nerds” sidebar, draws from the online lessons from
Gotham XNarrow Bold JEA or references professional websites like the Society for News
Gotham XNarrow Bold Italic Design, Wall does not have to remake the wheel.
Gotham XNarrow Black She could encourage her students to assign personality to type-
Gotham XNarrow Black Italic faces by playing the “What job do I do?” business card game or by
Gotham XNarrow Ultra taking the speed test quiz in Sarah Hyndman’s “Why Fonts Matter.”
Gotham XNarrow Ultra Italic After using the slideshow “Understanding Typography from Unit
1: Design Foundations,” an adviser could jump straight to “Unit 3:
Best Practices for Typography” and work through any of the hand-
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outfield, you don’t get any to the plate to pitch the ball. “If I could do jokes around and yells ‘scooter’ to
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anything on this earth for eternity, pitching game was against Waco
be on second base. It’s the would be what I would do,” Jackson said.
only position I know how to Vanguard, and it felt long because What is different this year than
“Pitching is literally my favorite thing to do.”
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moment this season so outside and throw the ball to of new players and a lot of new
from last year to this year. ”We’re pretty good talent - two seniors and a couple
far? “The best moment this this year, because we got four new great warm up, but we didn’t do that
year was during the Slocum of freshman are really good. Also,
players to our lineup so that really helps fill in because we knew we were’t going
tournament. I was playing last year we only had 10 people,

Berkeley Old Style Medium

some spots that we didn’t have last year.” to play.”
second base and photo by chloe todd but this year, we are a much
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because they are just awkward.” We’ve taken on some of the
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of making a is the funniest part of baseball.
mistake, but we have more time to just breathe
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baseball too.” Country, “It has been pretty fun, road trips game and both of us got a lot of
are great! It’s a good time to get to be with runs and even hit some home
friends.” Surratt said.
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runs, and we beat them by one.”
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Minion Pro
a junior, so I get to boss people around,” Smith said. wanted to be a really relaxing. become a stat is super fun, but
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against the Neches Tigers, senior Nathan was playing. I like stats. I’ve always like baseball. It’s like people tend

”
Howard said, “Because of the fact that I walked taking stats, and wanted to be also nice because to think. We do a
three people and hit one, I didn’t even know it’s fun to sit in a stat girl, so it I get to be with lot of things for
-Colton Stephens, 9 the dugout.” has been cool to my older brother Coach Craycroft
that I had a no hitter until the end.” -Cecily Smith, 9 actually be one.” on the team.” as well.”
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The staff of The Bard at Hill Country Christian School (Austin, Texas) introduced font Minion Pro Regular
families on the cover of the yearbook and carried them through the book by establishing a
Minion Pro Italic
consistency, a look and a feel that was unique to that book.
Minion Pro Medium
“The book was our first ‘real’ book. By that I mean it was my fourth year doing year-
book, and my staff and I were finally grasping all that we had to do to make this thing Minion Pro Medium Italic
‘right,’ ” adviser John Horvath said. Minion Pro Semibold
“We weren’t really clear on the voice of our book, but the idea was that, as a 20th Minion Pro Semibold Italic
anniversary book for the school, we wanted something that was official, modern and clear Minion Pro Bold
— the theme was perfect VISION — so we used Gotham and Archer. We liked the options Minion Pro Bold Italic
we had with Gotham, specifically the normal and condensed versions, and thought that the
thinner weights had the right ‘clear’ look. … and it worked better in some of the more nar- Nimrod
row columns. Archer was the serif font. We chose that one because not only did it pair well Nimrod was inspired by the classical newspaper font
with Gotham, but also the slab serif seemed to have more of a modern feel that wasn’t too Ionic. It has been seen in a wide variety of publica-
fancy.” tions due to its high legibility at small sizes and to
its large x-height and simple restrained design. From
Monotype, $220.
outs created by Casandra Workman, CJE; Renee Burke, MJE; Brian Nimrod
Hayes, MJE; and other teachers of the JEA Curriculum Initiative. Nimrod Italic
Students could compare and contrast the “Best of News Design” Nimrod Bold
winners at the SND website and reflect on what made such diverse Nimrod Bold Italic
papers winners of the same award. Stone Serif
Besides direct instruction, advisers who pay attention to the Developed during his tenure as director of typog-
visual expression of their students’ work will help the staff to avoid raphy at Adobe Systems, Sumner Stone created
confusing their readers. the ITC Stone Serif font family in 1987 as part of an
endeavor undertaken in response to the difficulty of
“Typography should facilitate reading. The type should not get mixing different type styles on one page or in one
in the way of understanding the message so the tone of the type is design. It is designed to work with Stone Sans, Stone
important as well as the appearance of the letterforms,” said Logan Informal and Stone Humanist. From ITC, $227.
Aimone, MJE, U-High Midway adviser at the University of Chicago Stone Serif Medium
Stone Serif Medium Italic
Laboratory High School. “I’ve encouraged my students to adopt Stone Serif Semibold
a menu of typefaces that provide flexibility for various uses while Stone Serif Semibold Italic
maintaining consistency. A lot can be done by varying the tint, color, Stone Serif Bold
size and position of type without resorting to novelty typefaces.” Stone Serif Bold Italic

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ALIGNMENT

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ments of body copy. On a separate piece of
paper, write a few sentences explaining which
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Break, the school announced
that Scotland Yard would not
St. Thomas’ be ready for occupancy when
classes resumed.
Episcopal “It’s called ‘red tape,’” Assistant
a week of the hurricane. After
an initial burst of construction
activity, things stopped. City
of Houston building inspectors
decided the temporary buildings
to try to lift the house first,” she
said, “so the house is currently
lifted five feet in the air, and
we are working on putting a
skirt around it. But we are stuck

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Director of Admissions Gretchen
Hesse said, “We were waiting
for one little bitty piece of paper
from the city of Houston called
Houston,
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Here
‘The Certificate of Occupancy’ so
that we could get in here.”
Texas So the high school went
back to HCA and the lower and
Volume 52 middle schools stayed in the
high school building.
need to be higher.
And there were other delays
for electricity, fire alarms, and
more. It wasn’t until mid-
February that the city issued the
Certificate.
Meanwhile families also
experienced the frustrations of
reconstruction.
“We are currently still living
upstairs and we will continue to
be until next year.”
The Grimleys were flood
experts.
“We kind of have it down
to a science though because
we’ve flooded all three times,”
she said. “It’s difficult, but
we’re working through it. This
whole experience has definitely

justify
comes the
“And we really thought that
we would already be in here,
well we thought that in October,
so we just delayed it a week to
get that sheet,” she said. “But
sometimes red tape can be good,
in our upstairs,” Kate Grimley ’
said, “and it’s really cramped.”
The Grimleys decided to
raise their house and spent
four months waiting for
reconstruction to start.
brought us closer, but we also
nag at each other a lot more
because we are just together all
the time.”
story & design Sydney Bloesch

Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis no- all we really want is for y’all to
be safe.”
At first it seemed the
“We decided that instead
of tearing it
down and
split would not last

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buildings began to

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facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto
odio dignissim qui blandit. 6 The First Snow · During the construction
of Scotland Yard, Houston sees its first
snowfall in seven years. Miranda Graves
’, yearbook editor-in-chief, ran from her
house with a drone to make sure it could
be covered. “We were off of school for ice
so Jian [Liang ’] and I really wanted to get

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drone pictures. So I got up really early and
went to take them. I couldn’t use gloves
because I had to shoot so my hands were
freezing when I was done.” · photo Miranda
Graves

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lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo book’s sole font. “It’s not just another font. It’s very legible, humanistic, but with all sorts of
consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure cool little quirks,” adviser David Graves said. “We discovered it while developing the theme
dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse at a workshop and fell in love with that capital ‘Q.’ But the more we looked at it, the more it
seemed to fit what we were trying to do: show the familiar from different angles.”
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eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et
accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui continued from page 31
blandit praesent. In my experience, the best approach to this is through creating,
printing and posting examples in the publication room. My edi-
align center tors and I learned that from award-winning advisers H.L. Hall, Judy
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Babb, Rob Melton and Jack Kennedy in their 1996 summer Redesign
strud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit
lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo Institute. A few months later, our newsmagazine, the Gigantea,
consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure Redwood High School (Visalia, California), won Best of Show at the
dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse fall convention in Chicago. We had made only one appearance in the
molestie consequat, vel illum dolore Top 10 prior to that year, thanks to our lack of knowledge and design
eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et discipline.
accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui We were also inspired by the groundbreaking work of Kennedy’s
blandit praesent. students at The Little Hawk, Iowa City High School (Iowa). Kennedy
went on to shepherd the fledgling journalism program at Rock
force justify
Canyon High School (Highland Ranch, Colorado) and is now the
Ut wisi enim ad minim
veniam, quis nostrud exerci executive director of the Colorado Student Media Association and
t a t i o n u l l a m c o r p e r teaches at Colorado State University.
suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip Kennedy’s high school students looked for contrast between head-
ex ea commodo consequat. line and deck fonts as well as readable condensed type for sidebars
Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in and captions.
hendrerit in vulputate velit “We went through an elaborate process of creating one sample
esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore. page, copying it dozens of times and changing the fonts on each to
create a large range of options. We printed pages full-size (11 inches
by 17 inches) and hung them on the wall,” Kennedy said. “Editors
then walked around with poker chips and indicated their faves.”
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A-TOWN ARMY Isierra Pleasant (11) was a first year
varsity cheerleader cheering for Auburn against Kent
Meridian High School. Pleasant said Varsity is
harder than JV, because more pressure is applied.
The whole student body watches us and stunts are
more difficult. Overall, Pleasant enjoyed varsity
cheer much more.
Photo by: Brian Keller Students gather to protest gun laws
Janet Wang
Managing Editor

On Feb. 26, over 100 Gunn students and community members

HELPING IS HEARTWARMING Madison Manley
(11) helps out at the tailgate on September 15th.
Manley said she enjoys doing tailgates and other
activities as a cheerleader, even though she s not
always cheering. She enjoys doing these
because she feels as if she is helping and
supporting her school the best way she can.
Manley always has a good feeling after helping
people out.
Photo by: Noel Vasquez
Photo by Noel Vasquez
rallied before the start of school, chanting the slogan, “Gunn stu-
dents for gun control” and holding signs with sayings such as “Re-
move guns, reduce deaths” and “Honk for gun control.” The group
cheered as cars drove by, honking in support, and despite the heavy
rainfall stood in solidarity as part of the nation-wide response to
the Feb. 14 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School in Parkland, Florida.
Since the Parkland shooting, in which 17 students lost their
lives, students across the country have been walking out and rally-
ing in protest, calling for stricter gun laws and for political leaders
to take action. This call for action has quickly spread across the
country to the Bay Area, where students from Encinal High School
in Alameda to Mountain View High School have begun to step up
in solidarity for the cause.
When junior Elizabeth Salwitz heard about the Parkland shoot-
ing, she was saddened but not completely surprised. “It’s such a
common thing in our society now, and the fact that it could not
surprise people now is incredible,” she said. “It feels like it’s just
something that happens in our society, and that’s something that is
really messed up.” After seeing other students around the country
take a stand, Salwitz decided that it was time to carry the move-
ment to Gunn.
Salwitz gathered a few of her friends and started organizing the
event, naming the rally #NeverAgain Gunn High School, accord-
ing to their Facebook event. Despite seeing bigger movements or-
ganized in March and April, Salwitz emphasized the importance of
taking immediate action. “I think a lot of people were saying that
we should wait until then, but I’m thinking that we can’t just wait
to push it back,” she said. “In our society, we have the right to life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but if [there is] somebody else
who is using their Second Amendment to take away those rights,
it just doesn’t make sense to me how we could just be letting this
happen and not do anything about it.”
For freshman Nicholas Ferguson, who attended the protest, the
Parkland shooting put the reality of school shootings into perspec-
tive. “I decided it was time to change,” he said. “That could have
been us, and we could have been the ones shot, and I don’t want
PROTEST—p.4 J u n i o r C l a i r e S e m e ri a h o l d s u p a s i g n a t t h e N eve r A g a i n p r o te s t .

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IT S OKAY TO SHOW YOUR SPIRIT Sharlene

SENIOR SADNESS Natalia Sotelo (12) gets her face painted for the
first tailgate of the season on August 15th. Sotelo said she enjoyed
participating in activities like face painting because she loves
seeing all her classmates come together and show off their school
spirit! Sotelo s favorite thing about cheering was how involved I
have gotten throughout my school and the friendships I have made
with the cheerleaders throughout the season.
Photo by: Francisco Madera
172 Play It: Cheer
ADRENALINE RUSH Hannah Wike-Miller (11) and Shyanne
Knutsen (11) stop to pose for a quick photo before an assembly.
Wike-Miller says she liked cheering at assembly s, because she
enjoys the adrenaline rush and the excitement we receive, in
the moment, from the student body and our other teammates.
Wike-Miller also said that it s a great experience to work for
weeks and then show the talent of the team
Photo by: Brian Keller
CHERISHING HER LAST MOMENTS Shyanne
Knutsen (11), being a third year varsity cheerleader
says making varsity as a freshmen came as
shocking to her but an amazing experience to be
able to cheer with older girls and learn from them.
Knutsen will cherish every last moment she has as
an Auburn High cheerleader.
Photo by: Brian Keller
Tran (10) and Niem Vo (10) cheer at the pink out
game on October 5th. Tran enjoys the pink out
Administration investigates student locker room thefts
game because it is full of spirit and by far the
most fun of the color themed games. Jennifer Gao and Nikki Suzani
Photo by: Noel Vasquez
Copy Editor and Reporter
Throughout the course of January and February, several
students have reported their valuables being stolen out of
their lockers. The administration has taken measures to
prevent future thefts by closing down the locker rooms dur-
Photos by: Donna
ing physical education (P.E.) classes and early after school.
Bowler 173
As a result of the lack of communication between students
and the administration about the locker room closures,
students have waited outside the locker rooms on numer-
ous occasions until a custodian arrived to unlock them.
Sophomore Mallika Parulekar was a victim of the recur-
ring locker room thefts. She knows at least two people who
wasn’t locked in my locker,” she said.
not be occurring. “Their P.E. teachers should be walking in
The administration is working closely with the police
with them to unlock the locker rooms,” she said.
to investigate this issue. According to Principal Kathleen
The administration didn’t send a Schoology message
Laurence, they are continuing to try to find out who stole
about the locker rooms being closed, causing confusion
the items. “We have the investigations that we do, and we
among students. “I think they probably should have put it
use the tools that we have available to find the perpetra-
on Schoology or [Titan Broadcast Network] somehow, to
tors,” she said. “We’re working to find out who is doing it.”
circulate it around because no one knows exactly why, and
Many students are upset about the locker rooms being
a lot of misconceptions are spreading about it,” sophomore
closed during P.E. Freshman Payton Dick lost her lunch
Annabel Lee said.
time because the lockers were closed when she returned
Laurence apologized for not conveying the message to
from P.E. “ [On February 22] after P.E., every door to the
the public and said that it did not come to her mind.
girl’s locker room was locked, and it took 15 minutes to get
Many students are pushing for teachers to ensure that
in, which went into lunch time,” she said. “If I had a class
the changes actually make the difference promised on paper.

The staff of The Invader, Auburn High School (Washington), used Kettering 105 Book; Proxima Nova
also had their valuables stolen and believes that there are
many more out there. Her computer was stolen and is yet
to be found. “Unfortunately, it was because my backpack
after that period, I would’ve probably been late.”
Freshman Sachait Arun believes that the teachers should
According to Laurence, the instances of students wait-
ing outside of rooms for custodians to unlock them should THEFTS—p.4

standard, extra bold and light in the book. “The editors wanted clean and nice fonts that were aes-
thetically pleasing,” adviser Thomas Kaup, MJE, said. “The Kettering font was sharp and pointed — to Henry M. Gunn High School (Palo Alto, California)
the point like the IT of the theme. Próxima was chosen because it complemented the Kettering font.” Typefaces: Minion Pro (text), Adobe Caslon Pro
(headines)
Adviser Kristy Blackburn, CJE: The Oracle is using
these typefaces because they are clean yet classic-
looking. We’ve redesigned our website to incorporate
the idea of clean style. Our current typeface choices
also reflect this image. My editors seem pleased by it.
We do use a lot of different typefaces for headlines,
especially in our non-news sections. The staff may look
at redesigning this year, based on info we received
from a critique. This year’s managing staff does like
the idea of having a set of headline font choices for
each section because they think it will cut down on the
decision-making time during production.

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Aiming to show the true CHICAGO LIFE Students explain how
Chicago, “The Chi,” a Each of the figure skating provides
new Showtime series approximately 650 them a chance to
written by a native people killed in Chicago relax and let loose, as
Chicagoan, depicts throughout 2017 has well as self-discipline
the effects of crime on a story behind the and growth through
people and communities. statistics. competition.

U-HIGH MIDWAY
University of Chicago Laboratory High School

1362 East 59th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637 FEBRUARY 8, 2018 Volume 94, Number 6

Donation will fund Dewey-themed China trips

by SAMIRA GLAESER-KHAN
NEWS EDITOR
A donation from a business-
man with connections in the Unit-
ed States and China will allow Lab
to learn about Lab Schools found-
er John Dewey in China.
The $675,000 donation from Jun
Zhou, chairman of Zhongtong Lo-
gistics Company in China and
the Jefferson Education Group,
will fund projects facilitating Chi-
nese-American exchanges and ex-
ploring the role of Dewey in both
countries. Additionally, the do-
nation will enable projects build-
ing off the new Chinese exchange,
which has students from Ren Da Fu
Zhong (RDFZ) high school in Bei-
Allocation of Donation:
Student and faculty trips to China
during summers of 2018 and 2019
Conference at Lab in May 2019
commemorating Dewey’s China trip
Buddhism studies at the University
of Chicago
Possible international study center
2018 and 2019. The rest of the do-
nation has not been allocated. The
administration is still working out
the details for a possible interna-
tional study center or other school
lawn Charter School working to-
gether on projects.
Dr. Abelmann wants students
to retrace Dewey’s 1919 trip. He
said the study tour would travel
to Shanghai, Beijing and Nanjing,
where students would read and
discuss speeches Dewey gave in
those places.
Before embarking on projects
with Lab over the summer, stu-
dents from RDFZ will first get to
know U-High students through
the new Chinese exchange pro-
gram. While in Chicago, exchange
students will tour the city, shadow
their hosts at school and partici-
pate in a Chinese karaoke compe-
tition with their host students.

The staff of The Apollo at Legacy High School (Mansfield, Texas) used display type to tell an entire
jing visiting Lab through Feb. 12.
Jun Zhou’s donation will fund
a conference at Lab in May 2019
commemorating the centennial
of Dewey’s two-year trip to China
programs looking at issues in ed-
ucation relating to Dewey’s ideas,
director Charlie Abelmann said.
Dr. Abelmann is excited about
the opportunity to involve stu-
This is the first year that Lab is
partnering with Ren Da Fu Zhong,
a selective high school in Beijing.
RDFZ is affiliated with Renmin
University, one of the University of

story — without every writing a single story in the typical fashion.

with his wife, Alice, where he vis-
ited provinces and gave dozens of
speeches. Next year’s conference
MIDWAY PHOTO BY SONNY LEE will have speeches, panels and ac-
DEWEY FUN. Bruce Li, a student at Ren Da Fu Zhong high school tivities for students such as com-
in Beijing, reads about Lab Schools founder John Dewey during munity service trips, art projects,
a presentation Feb. 2 with Director Charlie Abelmann. RDFZ ex- and preformances.
change students will be invited to attend a May 2019 conference Part of the donation will al-
so fund students and faculty trav-
commemorating Dewey’s 1919 China trip. el to China during the summers of
dents from the new Chinese ex-
change school in the projects
funded by Mr. Zhou’s donation. He
explained that students from RD-
FZ high school will be invited to at-
tend the May conference. During
the 2018 and 2019 summer trips
to China, the administration plans
for students from RDFZ Lab, and
the University of Chicago’s Wood-
Chicago’s partner universities.
During spring break, 12 U-High
students will fly to China to expe-
rience life at RDFZ. Chinese teach-
er Xiao Li Zhou, who organized
the partnership, is excited about
the new exchange program after
having too little interest last year
for an exchange program to take
place.

Toxic turf: athletes express concerns about Jackman upgrade

It wasn’t a foolproof process, though. by KATERINA LOPEZ
MIDWAY REPORTER
A plan to replace the grass on
Jackman Field with turf has at
fall’s soccer sea-
son, citing nu-
merous health
ground up toxic tires that can no
longer be used.”
Studies have shown that some
with asthma,” said Dr. Gaboury
Benoit, a Yale University professor
of environmental chemistry and
Chicago field at East 61st Street
and South Woodlawn Avenue. The
teams also play on turf at other
concerns about turf can be harmful to people with environmental engineering, in the schools, including fields used by

“Even after all that, I often found myself puzzled by their choices,”
least one soccer player concerned
about toxic chemicals and evalu-
ating whether he should play next
fall.
Athletics Director David Rib-
bens emphasized that the grass
some types of asthma, and if consumed could Yale crumb rubber study. the Latin School of Chicago and
turf. lead to cancer. A Yale University Mr. Ribbens has considered Francis W. Parker School.
“I’m extreme- study showed that the material in multiple types of turf. Artifical turf will be installed on
ly opposed to the the rubber used on turf fields can “The safety of the participants Jackman Field during the summer
crumb rubber be toxic. and of the field itself is a priority,” in order for it to be ready for the
Eli “What we found is that a large Mr. Ribbens said. “We’ve done our fall season.
material used

Kennedy said.
field is overused and is no longer at
optimal conditions for P.E. classes,
athletic practices and games.
Sophomore Eli Hinerfeld is one
player considering sitting out next
Hinerfeld
in many fields
across the United States,” Eli said.
“The little black particles com-
monly seen in children’s and ath-
letes’ fields are often made of old,
number of the chemicals in crumb
rubber are classified either as car-
cinogenic or as irritants of some
kind, including respiratory irri-
tants which can be harmful to folks
research and can say that the [turf]
field is safe for participation.”
U-High soccer players already
play on artificial turf fields for pre-
season practices at a University of
An installation company will be
selected by spring, but Mr. Rib-
bens declined to disclose the com-
panies being considered until a
decision had been made.

SCHOOL RIGHTS
Class at law school allows
An ability to recognize nuance and complexity in typography only comes students to discuss rights
by PRIYANKA SHRIJAY ing the Supreme Court case be-

with consistent practice and feedback.

OPINION EDITOR
On Monday nights, eight U-High
students head to law school. They
join eight students from the U. of
C. Woodlawn charter school for
“The Constitutional Rights of Mi-
nors from the Minors’ Point of
fore they break into small groups
to discuss and debate hypotheti-
cal scenarios.
According to Yael Rolnik, a ju-
nior, the class first studied the free
speech case Tinker v. Des Moines.
They discussed its current rel-

“This is something advisers have to stay on top of, or students (especially View,” instructed by law profes-
sor Emily Buss and assisted by law
students. Each session focuses on
a different Supreme Court case.
During the class,Woodlawn and
Lab students benefit from each
evance such as the right of stu-
dents to kneel at sports games. In
addition to Tinker v. Des Moines,
they have since discussed Beth-
el School District v. Fraser, Lee v.
Weisman and Goss v. Lopez. As a

first-time editors) will start slapping all kinds of non-standard fonts on sto-
others’ different points of view
coming from a charter and pri-
vate school. While public char-
ter school students at Woodlawn
have constitutionally protect-
ed rights, private school students
yearbook journalist, Yael found
these free speech cases particular-
ly interesting.
Ms. Gerst said for the students,
there are three primary values in
taking Professor Buss’s class: expo-

ries,” said Karl Grubaugh, CJE, adviser of the Granite Bay Gazette (California).
at Lab are not guaranteed those
rights. Nonetheless, Lab’s policies
on freedom of expression are in-
fluenced by the Constitution.
History teacher Christy Gerst is
the supervising teacher from Lab.
She said high school students,
sure to a possible career pathway,
the opportunity to deeply consider
Constitutional rights and their ap-
plications in schools and the de-
liberation over others’ viewpoints.
For Yael, the class offers her a
new outlook on a career in law and
MIDWAY PHOTO BY AMANDA LEVITT
NOT JUST FOR THE RICH. Tina Brown, a student at Robeson High School, talks to reporters
Jan. 24 on the Midway Plaisance. She and other protesters gathered outside of Blaine Hall to
bring attention to the underfunding of public schools in Englewood. The demonstration was
aimed at Mayor Rahm Emanuel to say that students in public schools want the same opportu-

“Slowly but surely, if the adviser and top student editors do not pay attention, law students and Professor Buss teaches her about her constitu- nities as his children who attended the Lab Schools.
spend a little bit of time discuss- tional rights as a student.

a ton of weird non-standard fonts will suddenly start showing up on pages.” University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Those indiscretions interfere with the editor’s main purpose — to encour- (Chicago, Illinois)
age readers to engage with the text and understand the writer’s message. Why Typefaces: Sentinel, Heuristica (Utopia), Playfair
Display
put all that time into reporting and editing the most relevant news on your Adviser Logan Aimone, MJE: We redesigned recently
campus if no one will read or understand it when the typography communi- and plan on keeping it for the foreseeable future. …
cates chaos instead of sense? Editors want a classy and sophisticated look for the
newspaper, and type choices reflect the institutional
“Fonts turn words into stories,” Hyndman said. Whether fonts communi- history and traditions of the publication. The personal-
cate strength, attitude or humor, they will speak volumes when they match ity is serious and authoritative, but it’s not dry or bor-
the content by pointing to the informative content rather than to the fonts ing. They’re trying to say, “This is important” without
screaming it.
themselves. n
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HANGING INDENT
Just sayin’
“The left quotation marks are outside the block of text.
That’s called hanging punctuation. Adjust the left indent
above zero and the first line left indent at a negative
number that will align the text on the left side. That
pushes the marks outside the text block.”
Left indent: 0p5 | First indent: -0p4
CHANGING X-HEIGHT
Serif versus Serif
“While you can choose a serif family and a sans serif
family such as Adobe Garamond Pro with Myriad Pro,
you should not mix Adobe Garamond Pro with Minion
Pro or Nimrod. And, whatever you mix, make the
x-height of the letters match by changing the font sizes
(‘x-height’ is 7.4 pt. in Nimrod and the other words are
9 pt. in Berkeley).”
EXPERTS ARE font OF KNOWLEDGE
SIDEBAR
QUESTION: Is there any cautionary advice you share with a staff when they are
choosing typefaces and/or buying fonts?
“First, the font(s) need(s) to match the voice of the
book. After theme, staffs need to discuss the voice
of the book by defining it with one or two specific
adjectives. That voice helps determine not only
fonts but also other design elements. Second, ‘fewer’
is better so the voice remains clear. That means the
font should have a large family of different weights
so there will be opportunities for contrast. Of
course, whatever font is used, it must be readable.”
Lynn Strause, CJE, Herff Jones special
consultant
“Readability, options within a family, match
the message to the font and cost. I love a sans
serif secondary head, mixed with a bold/clean
contrasting font. Lots of options ... but the font
choice must match the theme message.”
Nancy Hastings, MJE, retired adviser, Munster
High School (Indiana)
“It depends on how they’re using a font. If it’s part
of a theme logo (like maybe a key word in the
theme logo), then it should reflect the concept. For
example, if the theme is 100 Years of Excellence,
the staff might choose a beautiful script for Years
and Excellence. They should choose a sans serif or
old style Roman for 100 and of.”
Laura Schaub, CJE, Lifetouch International
yearbook education specialist
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APOSTROPHES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
This ‘tis wrong. This ’tis right.
“Single quotation marks face left when indicating that something
is missing. In this example above, the ‘i’ is missing in ‘it is’ and
the ‘20’ is missing below in ‘2022.’ Place the cursor adjacent
to the letter to the left to type the apostrophe and then put the
space before it.”
Freshman Student ’22
TRUE QUOTATION MARKS
This is 'wrong'; This is ‘right’
“Hatch marks are used with measurements, not text. A font
typically has both options. On InDesign, hold down Alt or
Option key when you hit the apostrophe key, and it will change
from a hatch mark (') to an apostrophe (’) and vice versa. Notice
that apostrophes look like a 6 or 9. Be sure to turn on Use
Typographer’s Quotes in InDesign CC > Preferences > Type.”
Freshman Point Guard ’22, 5'10"
“Choose a typeface family with a variety of fonts.
Any typeface or typeface combination that impedes
readability should be banned.”
Marilyn Scoggins, freelance yearbook consultant,
former education and marketing specialist,
Balfour
“With fonts, you get what you pay for. Bargain
basement fonts result in sloppy kerning and poor
reproduction.”
Gary Lundgren, associate director, National
Scholastic Press Association
“It is imperative that students legally acquire any
font they choose to use in the yearbook. If that
means purchasing it from a type house, I strongly
encourage them to research and obtain the correct
licenses. I tell them that when they are famous type
designers, they can charge that much for their work
as well.”
Jen Bladen, MJE, freelance journalism education
consultant and former adviser at Harvard-
Westlake School (North Hollywood, California)
“Selecting a font is paramount because it is what
carries your voice through the entire book. As a
trained graphic designer, I prefer a one-font book.”
Paul Ender, special consultant, Herff Jones
 “Typography should facilitate reading. The type should not get in
the way of understanding the message so the tone of the type is
important as well as the appearance of the letterforms.” | LOGAN
AIMONE, MJE, ADVISER, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LABORATORY HIGH SCHOOL

serif ascender

point x-height
size

leading
descender
baseline

VOCABULARY
ascender | The part of lowercase letters (such as k, b and
d) that ascends above the x-height of the other lower-
case letters in a face.
baseline | The imaginary line on which the majority of
the characters in a typeface rest.
boldface | A typeface that has been enhanced by render-
ing it in darker, thicker strokes so that it will stand out
on the page.
descender | The part of lowercase letters (such as y, p
and q) that descends below the baseline of the other
lowercase letters in a font face.
family, font family | A collection of faces that were
designed and intended to be used together. For example,
the Garamond family consists of Roman and italic styles,
as well as regular, semibold and bold weights. Each of
the style and weight combinations is called a face.
font | One weight, width, and style of a typeface. Before
scalable type, there was little distinction between the
terms font, face and family. Font and face still tend to
be used interchangeably, although the term face is usu-
ally more correct.
leading (pronounced: ledding) | The amount of space
added between lines of text to make the document leg-
ible. The term originally referred to the thin lead spacers
that printers used to physically increase space between
lines of metal type. Auto leading is 120 percent of the
point size.
point size | The common method of measuring type. The
distance from the top of the highest ascender to the bot-
tom of the lowest descender in points. In Europe, type is
often measured by the cap-height in millimeters.
sans serif | A face that does not have serifs.
serif | Small decorative strokes that are added to the end
of a letter’s main strokes. Serifs improve readability by
leading the eye along the line of type.
x-height | The height of the lowercase letter x. It is also
the height of the body of lowercase letters in a font,
excluding the ascenders and descenders. The x-height
can vary greatly from typeface to typeface at the same
point size.

MEASUREMENT
pica | A unit of measure that is approximately 1/6th point | A unit of measure in typography. There are
of an inch. A pica is equal to 12 points. The traditional approximately 72 points to the inch. A pica is 12 points.
British and American pica is 0.166 inches. In PostScript
printers, a pica is exactly 1/6th of an inch.

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EXERCISE

QUESTIONS FOR typographers

1. In the column on the left, define the typography terms by selecting the most appropriate definitions from the column on the right.
Place the letter of each definition in the appropriate blank space.

Terminology Definitions
____________ 1. ascender A. letters without strokes projecting from top or bottom; often used in headlines and captions
____________ 2. baseline B. a unit of measurement in typography; there are 72 in an inch
____________ 3. bold C. white letters printed on a dark background
____________ 4. condensed D. part of the lowercase letter that rises above the x-height
____________ 5. extended E. moving two individual letters closer together to make them easier to read
____________ 6. font F. decorative strokes added to the end of a letter’s main strokes to improve readability
____________ 7. italic G. slanted letters
____________ 8. kerning H. small letters; a b c d e f g
____________ 9. leading I. the space between lines of text
____________ 10. light J. heavy, dark letters
____________ 11. lowercase K. all characters of one weight, width and style of a typeface
____________ 12. novelty L. a narrow version of a regular type face
____________ 13. overburn M. imaginary line on which the majority of the characters in a typeface rest
____________ 14. point N. letters that are not slanted or bold; normal letters
____________ 15. reverse O. height of the body of lowercase letters in a font, excluding the ascenders and descenders
____________ 16. Roman P. black letters printed on a photo or screen
____________ 17. sans serif Q. a group of fonts that reflects a variety of moods
____________ 18. serif R. complete alphabet of caps that are the same size as the x-height of the lowercase letters
____________ 19. small caps S. a version of a typeface not as dark as normal or bold
____________ 20. x-height T. a wide version of a regular type face

2. Write down the name of three fonts in each grouping from those fonts that are installed on your classroom computers.
Serif Sans Serif Decorative

______________________________ ___________________________ _____________________________

______________________________ ___________________________ _____________________________

______________________________ ___________________________ _____________________________

3. Fill in the blanks below with the correct measurements.

There are _____ points in a pica.
There are _____ picas in an inch.
There are _____ points in an inch.

4. What is meant by telling the printer to set the copy “10 on 12”?

5. Which type group (serif, sans serif, decorative) is considered the easiest to read in body copy sizes and why?

INSTRUCTORS: Find the answers online at jea.org/wp/cjet/onlinesupp.

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