Semester Review

I have learned many things this semester such as how to do those really cool typography pictures where the letters and words make up the image and the basics in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. The first couple assignments were pretty rough as I was trying to understand the intricacies Photoshop and Illustrator, but I eventually got the hang of it. I really enjoyed some of the assignments and a few others just  had me puzzled for a while.  A few important tools are the lasso tool and magic wand in Photo, and I cannot forget about adding layers. Unfortunately it slips your mind too easily, then you go back and it's one of those "Oh no!" moments; they're SUPER important. Clipping masks are also very useful to get rid of a portion that went over your page line without deleting part of your design inside the page line. It might be interesting to be given a book title, and using that title make a cover page for the book as a future assignment.

Review week 17

After reading the article, "Who Shot the Serif?" from the website ilovetypography.com, I discovered that the word "serif" comes from the Dutch word schreef.  

Review Week 16

How many points are in an inch? How many points are in a pica?
     72. 12.
Of the seven classifications, which classification(s) would best work as body type? Why?
     Old Style, because it is the closest to Times New Roman which is commonly used in a variety of papers and documents.
Identify the lowercase characters that have ascenders?
     t, l, k, h, f, d, b.
Identify the lowercase characters that have descenders?
     q, y, p, g, j.

Blackletter typeface

Script

modern

Old Style

Sans Serif

Decorative

Slab Serif