Message Design, Composition, & Assembly
Typeface vs. Font • Typeface - A certain style of writing. – Example: Arial
• Font – The many variations of the typeface (sizes, thickness, italics, etc) – Example: Arial Black, Arial Narrow, Arial
San Serif vs. Serif • Serifs- Small tail like details on the typeface (easy to read).
• San Serif - Have no small curved details (difficult to read).
General rules for fonts…. • Serif fonts- Used for the body of the text • San Serif fonts- used for the title of the text. • Use 4 or less fonts per a printed piece.
Other typefaces… • Square Serif (Engravers MT) • Script (XwãtÜw|tÇ fvÜ|Ñà) • Specialty fonts (Curlz, ,Jokerman)
Point vs. Pica, & Substrate • A point equals 1/72 of an inch • A pica equals 1/6 of an inch • Substrate is any material that is printed on.
Types of illustrations • Line art- (commonly referred to as clip art) normally have large portions of single colors (frequently black). • Continuous-tone images- Commonly called grayscale images, also black and white photographs. • Full color artwork- Color photography, paintings, pastels, etc.
Your turn… • For each of the following fonts discuss with a partner some practical applications of where they should be used. • Comic Sans • Curlz • XwãtÜwtÇ fvÜÉÑà • Freestyle scropt • Tempus Sans