1. Finishing STEP 2: Sketches
- Discussions of sketches, choosing three best ideas for each of 4 words
- Refining sketches to professional level (using handouts) and submitting them for grading

2. STEP 3: Digitize your ideas with Illustrator
1. Prepare an Illustrator file according to these specs:
- Create a new file, letter size, vertical.
- Draw four squares - two upper and two lower; size for each one: 3.5" x 3.5"
- Add a 0.5 pt. stroke - border around the square (watch HM tutorial)
- Distance between squares and from left and right sides of a page – 0.5" (use rulers and guides; watch HM tutorial)
- Distance from the top – 1.5"
Layout Example
2. If you have time, create at least one word in Illustrator
- Select one Sans Serif typeface (you can use variations)
- Only black and white.

3. Learning Illustrator
- Create outlines
- Touch tool
- Layers and groups
- The Layers Panel
- Transform tools
- Stroke panel
Technical instructions that are helpful for the project directly:
- How to create an outline in Illustrator
- Touch type tool
- Sliced Text in Illustrator with Pathfinder

LEARN ILLUSTRATOR

Learn and practise Illustrator

How to Add Ruler Guides in Illustrator
How to Use The Stroke Panel in Illustrator
Add and format text (all parts)
Touch tool
Type on a path
Layers and groups
How to Use The Layers Panel in Adobe Illustrator
Pathfinder for Beginners
How to Create Sliced Text in Adobe Illustrator with Pathfinder
For more Illustrator tutorials go to the Resourses page

DO & SUBMIT

Project Expressive Typography

Finish working on one word in Illustrator and submit the Illustrator file to the dropbox (Project 2 folder)
Don't forget to write your name/project/class at the left corner
Submission example

Working on the EXPRESSIVE TYPOGRAPHY project:
1. Illustrator tools and techniques, answering on specific questions "How to ..."
2. Practice with Google or AI help

Type questions in Google search, for example:

- How to save jpg file from Illustrator?

- Where is stroke panel in Illustrator?

- How to use Pathfinder in Illustrator?

- How many points in one inch?

- What is Monospaced font?

Or ask any other question
3. Working on Expressive Typography project

STUDY

Prepare for the Midterm Test

Materials covered:
- Type history,
- Typographical theory,
- InDesign tools and techniques.
Please refresh your knowledge using class and homework materials: articles, videos, tutorials, project texts.

DO & SUBMIT

Project Expressive Typography

Finish working on all 4 words in Illustrator for a grade
Don't forget to write your name/project/class at the left corner
Submission:
Put two files into the dropbox, Project 2 folder:
1. Illustrator file: Firstname_Secondname_ExpressiveType.ai
2. JPG file: Firstname_Secondname_ExpressiveType.jpg
Note:
To save a JPG file from Adobe Illustrator, go to File > Export > Export As, select JPEG as the format, and click Export
Submission example