Publication Design

Exercise 2: Type!

Details

Using fonts.adobe.com, find good examples of the following five prompts:

  1. Relatively neutral sans serif display type with more than 4 weights
  2. Serif family with more than 6 weights that could be used small
  3. Friendly sans serif with more than 4 weights
  4. Modern serif for big headlines with more than 2 weights
  5. Any type with a little bit of personality with more than two weights

Using the document from exercise 1, add the following information:

  1. Exercise 2: Type!
  2. Your name
  3. The above prompts
  4. The name and designer/foundry for each the typefaces you found for those prompts in the chosen typeface

Make sure you are considering the overall design of the page, being intentional about the hierarchy of the information, and using the grid you set up for the layour of the information on the page to layout the information.

Submission Requirements

Print your single page centered on a letter sized sheet of paper with the guides visible, with crop marks, and using the document's bleed settings in color or black and white. Also save your single page as a PDF with the guides visible and with crop marks and using the document's bleed settings. Submit that PDF on Canvas. Bring the printed version to class next week.