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INSTRUCTOR Jennifer Bowles [email protected]
Typography 1Art 29500 / Spring 2019
Department of ArtElectronic Design and Multimedia
Tuesdays / 2:00pm–4:50pmOffice hours by appointment
The City College of New York Compton-Goethals Hall
160 Convent Ave, Room 121
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ASSIGNMENT ONE: PART ONE
Using the three handouts attached (Bembo, Baskerville and Didot), exemplify the type anatomy terms listed below by carefully drawing letters and labeling the letters with the terms. Aim to use each typeface equally (⅓ each). For each term, select the most appropriate letter to exemplify the term. You can use more that one term on one letter if your work does not look cluttered. Try to be precise in the sketching of the letter form. Be creative in your composition and a color palette is allowed.You can also find type anatomy terms here:https://www.fontshop.com/glossaryhttps://typedecon.com/blogs/type-glossaryASSIGNMENT ONE: PART TWO
Reference the reading material found on the class blog (Type & Typography, Baines and Haslam, pages 15-17) and identify four differences in the three attached type samples (Bembo, Baskerville and Didot), and 4 similarities. Take notes of the differences and similarities using the specific terms listed below.
BALL TERMINAL
CLOSED COUNTER
TERMS
BaselineCap Heightx-heightOvershootAscender lineDescender line
StemStrokeDiagonal StrokeSpurSpineCrossbarCross Stroke
EyeOpen CounterClosed CounterApertureApexVertexBowl
SerifBracketsFinialEarLoopLinkSingle Story
Double StoryShoulderDot or TittleTailTerminalDescenderAscender