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Weekly Excercise

TYPOGRAPHY AND PAGE COMPOSITION​​

This course provides the necessary technical and skills in drawing and page composition that are required in illustration and publication. Historical and contemporary examples of publication designs (as in magazines, newspapers and books to include annual reports, product catalogs, comics, newsletters, journals, etc.) are analyzed according to their content, message, function, and audience. Students will make criticism about their formal element of publication design, looking not only at the graphic design, but also at the printing and finishing techniques.

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“Doing agile is about mowing forward; being agile needs to have a totally different mindset, attitude and multidimensional perspectives”

 

- DR.SNAZLAN-

WEEKLY EXCERCISE

Week 1

Introduction to Typography

Objectives :

  • Explain what is typography and identify it’s character

  • Enumerate and gain understanding about the functions of typography in art and design

  • Evaluate and understand how to apply typefaces with message

  • Consider in choosing typefaces for certain audience

  • Evaluate the characters and inner meaning of typefaces

Week 2

Families of Typography

Objectives :

  • Enumerate the families of typefaces

  • List in detail the characteristics of typefaces in each family of typefaces

  • Definite the suitable usage in designing for each family or typefaces

Week 3

Anatomy of Typography

Objectives :

  • Definite and recognize the parts of letter in detail

  • Evaluate the unique, characters stroke and basic from of letters

  • List the names of each parts that located on letters

  • Differ the characters of stroke and the basic form of typeface from different families

Week 4

Elemental of Typography

Objectives :

  • Identify the types of measurement for typeface

  • State the space between the letters, words and the line of text in typography design

Week 5

Type Composition, Legibility and Readibility

Objectives :

  • Definite the suitable text composition for layout

  • Definite the readability and legibility of typefaces for certain text

Creative Typography

Week 6

Objectives :

  •  Evaluate how to use typefaces creatively

  • Apply various techniques of typography that improve the art of creativity in designing

  • Recognize the effects of using typography techniques that being used in designing

  • Mark out the suitable typography techniques to be used in designing

Week 7

Layout Arrangement

Objectives :

  • Identify layout term and the importance of layout in newsletter design

  • Discuss on importance of layout in magazine design

Week 8

Page Layout Procedures

Objectives :

  • Understand the importance of page size

  • Discuss on the importance of grid layout

  • Understand the page layout process that covers focus point, path, page size and gutter

Week 9

Importing and Manipulating Graphics

Objectives :

  • Understand the importance of image arrangement

  • Evaluate how to come out with a good image

  • Discuss about grid layout methods

  • Explain about balancing in creating mood

Week 10

Creating and Manipulating Text

Objectives :

  • Understand the importance of text terms

  • Know maskhead term in detail

  • Underheadingstand / main title term

  • Understand subheads / subtitle term in detail

  • Discuss about header and footer usage in layout

  • Understand caption and jupline term in detail

Week 11

Design Effective Publication

Objectives :

  • Discuss about the design consideration

  • Know the principles of good design

  • Understand the design guideline

  • Discuss about the tools for effective design

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