TYPE TERMS: GOALS
- identify type, lettering, printing, type design, and font terms
- represent them visually through a series of drawings
- understand what the terms mean, what they relate to
- test your knowledge using flashcards from the class
- complete an assigned quiz, see class calendar
Research your assigned type, lettering, type design, and typography terms. Create one flashcard for each of your terms.
- create all cards in landscape format (wide ways)
- side 1 = diagram, show your term in context without using the name of the term, make sure it's understandable and readable
- side 2 = definition, typed/written explanation
- be detailed and be accurate
- flashcard users should be able to look at side one, interpret what's shown, and then check the answer on side 2
- research your terms using the assigned resources, books, magazines, and websites shown here, below
- find resources that show you your term in practice, so it's easier to understand, your textbook may not have all of your terms, so you'll want to hunt for them in other textbooks, or online
- consider Fontsmith and Fonts.com and FontShop.com
- another helpful website, Omniglot, includes international resources
- you may need to use other resources to find your terms
- Wikipedia may not be as helpful as you think
- final output, high-quality JPEG or PNG
- see sample work here
Considerations:
- How you can use some or all of your found type, items you hunted and gathered, to help you learn your terms?
- Will you plan and draw in pencil first, in your notebook or sketchbook, or jump right to the computer?
- Photoshop and Illustrator are great for this, but may be too bloated. Consider how Google Slides can help you work more efficiently.
- On that note, do you even want to use the computer? Can you create high-quality, high-craft flashcards by hand?
- How can you use color? One or more colors to help you identify parts of your type anatomy?
- Are there instances where you may want to design your card with the term near the diagram? If so, why?
- All of the cards and all of the drawings will become a class-created study guide for the Type Terms Quiz on Sept. 2nd.
WRITING SYSTEMS, sometimes Languages
- Arabic
- Cherokee font-syllabary
- Chinese
- Devanagari, Indian
- Ethiopian, Amharic alphabet
- Gailic
- Hebrew
- Japanese
- Korean
- Modern Greek
- N’ko
- Norwegian
- Phoenician
- Runic
- Russian
- Sanskrit
- Tifinagh
- Vietnamese
ANATOMY
- Ampersand
- Apex
- Axis
- Ball Terminal
- Bowl
- Condensed
- Cursive
- Ear
- Eye
- Logotype
- Shoulder
- Spine
- Spur
- Stem
- Stroke
- Swash
- Tail
- Terminal
- Vertex
Worth 20 points
- each student creates TWO flashcards, each with front and back
- 10 points Accuracy, correctness of term and diagram
- 5 points Craft of Drawings, precision, quality of diagram art
- 5 points Clarity of Visuals/Diagrams, usefulness for studying
- All students' flashcards will be available to use as a study aid in preparation for the 45-point Type Terms Quiz
Maximum of 20/20 points.
- 20 points: all cards are accurate, no errors, all artwork is of a high quality, all cards are useful as study aids
- 15-19 points: many cards are accurate, some errors, artwork is of a high quality, cards are useful as study aids with some errors
- 10-14 points: some cards are accurate but some have errors, artwork is inconsistent, cards may be useful for studying
- 6-9 points: few cards are accurate but many have errors, artwork is inconsistent, cards are somewhat useful for studying
- 2-5 points: very few cards are accurate but many have errors, artwork is of poor quality, cards are somewhat useful for studying
- 1-0: inaccurate work, low quality work, no work shown
- use flashcards as study aid for 1st Type Terms Quiz, worth 45-points