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Typography Unit

Typography is the study of lettering.  For the next few weeks, Graphic Design 1 students learn about the history of type and its role today, understand the various parts of type, how to measure type, and then how to use type effectively in a layout.

• View the entire Typography Presentation used in class.

• 25 pts.  Looking at type worksheet (5 categories of type and how to alter type) Classify/Alter type worksheet (pdf, 135.13KB)

• Watch a video on the parts of a manuscript (The Getty Museum resource)

• History of Manuscripts and Illuminated Letters from Medieval era presentation.

• Evolution of Calligraphy

• Practice: Blank Lined Paper (pdf, 2.29KB)

• Download different fonts from class:  Sample Alphabets (pdf, 122.15KB)

• Look up quotes here.

• Calligraphic Project Directions (docx, 179.65KB)

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