Title: Design with Type Assignments Outline
Course: WILSON MC - INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER GRAPHICS HYBRID > Section: Week 8 - Design with Type

- INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN WITH TYPE

Illustrator creates two kinds of type, corresponding to the two main ways text is used in illustrations. Point type creates text that will be used mainly as a graphical element — a single word, or a few words, to which effects might be applied. Area type creates type used more for text content. In either case, text can be edited in Illustrator using intuitive features like cut, copy, and paste. You can even check spelling (Edit > Check Spelling).

Area type is generated in, and flows within, a bounded area. Point type is more “free-flowing” — it expands without constraints.

While Illustrator does not have the same publication tools that come with Adobe InDesign (for managing multipage projects like newspapers or books), it does have a full component of typography tools. These features are available from a range of panels accessed from the Type submenu of the Window menu. The two most essential options are the Character and Paragraph panels. The Character Styles and Paragraph Styles panels organize and provide access to sets of formatting rules.

Point type can be placed on a path, opening up fun possibilities for placing text outside or inside of objects, or simply creatively flowing type.

Exporting type creates challenges defined by output media. You will work closely with a printer to ensure that he or she can support the fonts you use. Text created for the web is often saved as a graphic, not as editable (or selectable) text.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- CREATE artistic and content type
- FORMAT type
- WARP and envelope type
- ALIGN type on a path
- OUTLINE type
- FORMAT paragraphs
- LAY OUT text in columns
- THREAD text between objects
- WRAP text around artwork
- DEFINE and use type styles

ELEMENTS OF THIS LESSON INCLUDE:

- CHAPTERS
ILLUSTRATOR CS6: VISUAL QUICKSTART GUIDE
Using the book Illustrator CS6: Visual QuickStart Guide refer to the following chapters for Design with Type:
Chapter 19: Create Type
Chapter 20: Style and Edit Type

PRESENTATION

  - View the 22-slide presentation on Type in MGLab to familiarize yourself with the basic concepts and the terminology.
- VIDEOS
  - Watch the following lesson videos in MGLab. As with the slide presentation, use the video content to expose you to the techniques demonstrated. You may need to re-watch portions - or all-  of a video for complex techniques.
    - 1 Point vs. Area Type
    - 2 Formatting Text
    - 4 Warping Text with Envelope Distort