Lesson Plan: Class 7

What will students be able to do by the end of Lesson 7?

Students will be able to select appropriate typefaces to use in their designs and they will be able to kern, ie. adjust the spacing of characters, their type so that it appears balanced and legible.

Learning Plan: Facilitating the Activity

Students will engage in a group critique of their birthday party invitations. Special attention will be given to their use of typography.

Key Terms

• Font
• Typeface
• Typography
• leading
• Kerning
• Tracking
• Serif
• Sans serif

D: Main Activity: List Steps

1. Engage in a group critique of the birthday party invitations, paying special attention to use of typography.
2. Use the remainder of class to make final changes resulting from critique.
3. Continue discussion of kerning and tracking, and how to accomplish this in Adobe Photoshop.
4. Play the font kerning game located: http://type.method.ac/

Resources

• Birthday party designs: https://www.paperlesspost.com/cards/category/kids-birthday-invitations
• Flikr Creative Commons: https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
• PhotoPin: http://photopin.com/
• FreeImages: http://www.freeimages.com/
• NYPL Public Domain images: https://www.nypl.org/research/collections/digital-collections/public-domain
• Blog list of free stock photo websites: https://blog.snappa.io/free-stock-photos/
• Unsplash free photos: https://unsplash.com/
• Freestocks: http://freestocks.org/
• Pixabay free images: https://pixabay.com/
• Free clip art: http://all-free-download.com/free-vector/vector-clip-art/

Design Reference Resources

• http://www.historygraphicdesign.com/
• Short video explaining RGB, CMYK and Pantone color models: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hirYMZ7PQc

E: De-brief: List Questions