typography
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1. The following six images were randomly selected. Each image should evoke its own mood/style.
Download this document from the SCAM website in the Schedule section for week 4. Then, select a font
that compliments each image. In the space provided, write the name of the font in the font style and
explain why you selected the font.
2. In small groups (2-3), compare what fonts you selected with your classmates. Do you agree or
disagree with their selections? Be prepared to share with the class.
typography
workshop
Creating a Word Document
The first part of this tutorial gives a brief
overview of the navigational options available in
this version of Word. The remainder of this
tutorial will describe the basic steps for creating a
simple document.
Before You Begin
Before you start using Word 2004, you should become familiar with its features. The following illustration shows a
slide in a Normal view.
Creating and Setting Up a New
Document
Setting up your Word Document
This section describes how to create either a new blank
document or using one of the templates included with
Word.
1. Creating a Document
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You can choose to view a page on screen in different
layouts. In order to change between views, try
alternating between the selections available under the
View section of the Main Menu. What you select will
depend on what you are creating for example, a printed
document or a webpage.
Click File from the Menu bar, then New Blank
Document. – OR –
Click the New Blank Document button
on the
Standard toolbar. – OR –
Press  + N on the keyboard for a new blank
document.
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2. Saving a document
It is a good idea to save any documents imme-diately
upon setting up the basic format for the page. It is also
important to remember to save work frequently (and
make backups of saved files) in order to avoid losing
any work.
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Click File, then Save. – OR –
Click the Save button
on the Standard toolbar.
– OR –
Press  + S on the keyboard for the Save as
dialogue box to appear
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Page Attributes allows you to choose the
paper size and orientation (landscape or
portrait) that you require.
If the file is new, a dialogue box will appear.
Simply type the file name in the appropriate space
provided, and browse to the location in which you
wish to save the file, or create a new folder by
clicking on New Folder button.
Custom Paper Size allows you to create your
own Custom Paper Size.
The diagram above shows the Save As window.
When the Append file extension box is ticked,
Word will add the suffix ‘.doc’ to a document. It
is a good idea to have this selected for all
documents as this aids future identification and
retrieval.
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Page Setup allows you to apply formatting to
the entire document or portions of it.
Click the Save button to save the document.
3. Page Setup
Before typing text into a page it will help to define the
parameters of the document such as the size and
margin or column widths. The Page Setup dialogue
box allows you to do this.
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Click File from the Menu bar, then Page Setup.
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Under the Settings drop-down menu, there are the
following features to allow you to set up your
document accordingly.
Layout allows you to apply a variety of textwrapping styles to graphics of any size and
shape. For example, you can wrap text
around particular sides of a text box or a
graphic.
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Table Autoformat is a quick way of formatting your
table’s look and feel.
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Click in your table and click Table on the menu
bar, then Table Autoformat
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In the Formats box, click the format you want and
click OK (You can preview the different formats
in the preview box before selecting one).
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To change the column/row width/height, hold your
mouse over the table lines until the mouse pointer
changes to a double headed arrow
and click and
hold the mouse and drag the line until the
row/columns are the size you want.
Picture allows to crop an image and change
the image colour/quality etc.
1. Columns
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You can quickly set up columns of equal width by
clicking Columns
on the Standard toolbar and
dragging across the number of columns you want.
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To set up a document with columns of unequal
widths, on the Format menu, click Columns.
Choose in Presets how many columns you would
like and clear the Equal column width check box
and type in your column widths.
Tables
Activity: Word Documents
1. Inserting a Table
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Click where you want to create a table.
1. Create a new Word document
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Click Insert Table
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Drag the pointer over the number of rows and
columns you want.
2. Add several paragraphs of text to the document and
format the font and size to your choice.
on the Standard toolbar.
3. Add a table to the document with 2 columns and 3
rows. Remove the vertical lines from the table.
2. Formatting a Table
4. Insert some images into the document and create
some figure captions for them. Ensure the text
wraps accordingly.
You can enhance your table by adding borders and
filling cells with colours, patterns or shading. Using
5. Save the file to your own workspace with an
appropriate filename.
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Design Activities
1. typographic portraits
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In this exercise, you are required to use letterforms
from various fonts to express the character you are
meant to be portraying through the typeface and how
you use it.
Your task this week is to use letterforms only to create
six typographical designs in the spaces provided (on
the provided Powerpoint templates). The essence of
the design is to be created using the designated
typefaces. This is a similar exercise to the very first
one you undertake using squares, only this term you
will be using letter forms and varying their size,
orientations etc. And you can use colour as well.
Use the Powerpoint slides provided as the template for
your work. There are a number of slides to use for
your work in this activity.
designing with type activity
The 6 designs you will be making are shown on the
various examples. They are:
The 12 individuals you are expressing in a typographic
portrait follow. Feel free to choose some names and
characters of your own.
scale,
positive/negative,
pattern,
congestion,
tension and
playful
chameleon, acrobat, amphibian, linebacker for
New York Giants, taxi driver, TV evangelist,
allergy, live in Chernobyl, have the hiccups,
accident prone, magician and one of your own
choice.
Arial black
Didot bold
Futura bold
Helvetica condensed
Futura black
Gill sans ultra bold
The textbook contains some ideas ad examples
you may wish to use to guide your drawing and
thinking.
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Note: When you have finished save your completed
artwork as JPG files and place into your portfolio for
later use.
Note: When you have finished save your completed
artwork as JPG files and place into your portfolio for
later use
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