ART 341 / Week 14 | Typographics

Due end-of-day Sunday. Comments on other people’s posts, due Tuesday.

Week 14— Assignment “Typeface Application (Type Specimen)”

Project 4 Fontstruct— design a typeface (all the letters of the alphabet and some punctuation—period, question mark, etc.) using the modular design system in fontstruct. Expand into design applications.

1/ Discuss:

Do your studio assignment first, and then write about your project below (200 words minimum) and post a link to your work uploaded to folder on the drive.
Reply to others comments.

2/ Studio:

Refine one (1/3) design concept from Week 13, and develop it into one full alphabet system—either UPPERCASE or lowercase, but not both. Also create some punctuation marks too: “.”, “,”, “?”, “!”
*Remember to save your work continuously. The work is web-based until you download it.
In-class demo (see video for):
In Fonstruct “preview”, set spacing of your Fonstruct typeface to “0,” and decrease/increase if needed for future use with setting words.
How to download and install the typeface you are creating. How to set up type specimen document in Indesign and variations in Illustrator—converting to outlines…use the Pathfinder tool>”Divide” (to isolate shapes from one another). Using the direct selection arrow>select a newly-isolated shape>and (for example) change color …
Create an InDesign document—a type specimen presentation to test and experiment with your typeface, language, settings. Follow the steps below for setting up your document in Indesign.
—> ten (10) pages
—> 17 (w) x 11 (h) inch InDesign file (landscape orientation)
—>not facing pages
Use Illustrator, create two (2) variations on your letter forms. Copy and paste these variations into the Indesign document.
You must package all design files, make PDFs, and upload the packaged folder and all PDFs to the drive. Upload your typeface font file.
Your document’s pages should include: