This lesson involves you creating your own original font in capital letters from A-Z.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and download the Font Worksheet, Font Checklist and Font Rubric or pick them up at the front desk. Make sure you have a pencil.
Next,
click on the link Do Typefaces Really
Matter? Found at http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-10689931. Read and fill out the Font
Worksheet.
Once you have accomplished all ten questions on the Font Worksheet you will need to start your Font
A-Z and your font name. Please visit dafont.com and 1001fonts.com for
inspiration. Make sure to review the Font Checklist and Font Rubric for specifics.
Instructions for the creating your own font:
1.
The
best way to create an original font is to look at other fonts and find ones you
like. You will need to go to dafont.com and 1001fonts.com and choose 3
different fonts from each site that you find inspiring. You will need to record
this on the Font Checklist.
2.
Next,
you will decide on a mood and feeling that your font will show. With the
student sample the student decide on the feeling of romantic and the mood of love.
For the Boring Lesson font, the mood
is crazy and the feeling is bored. Record your feeling and mood for your font
on the Font Checklist.
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http://www.1001fonts.com/boring-lesson-font.html
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3.
Next,
you will need to get journal and sketch out your font. Keep in mind the fonts
that inspired you as well as the mood and feel. You will need to draw out the upper case
alphabet A-Z.
4.
Once
you are done designing your font A-Z you will need to name your font and record
it on the Font Checklist. And you
will need to use your font and create an icon or logo for your font name using
your newly created letters. You may use the light box to trace your letters for
the font name.
5.
Lastly,
you will need to go over your font letters and font name with a thin Sharpie. You are a font maker. Please fill out the self evaluation part of the Font Rubric.
6. Make sure to turn in the Font Worksheet, Font Checklist
and Font Rubric to the correct
class hour bin.
Other class examples:
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