Visual Rhetoric, September 18, 2013

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TODAY

1) Type: an intro2) Type Tools3) The worst flyer I could find on Google4) Activity 5) Homework

Type: some videos to get us started

I want to start us out today with a few videos to give us a little bit of a transition into talking about fonts and typography.

Some Font Fun

And here are some fun sites we can tinker around with just a bit, to show you that type, like life, can be fun times.

How to get nifty fonts

You might notice that most computers– even the ones here in the super-slick design-minded labs– don’t have a huge selection of fonts.

This can put you at a disadvantage as a creator. But not to worry. Fonts are out there.

Let me show you a few cool places to visit.

And now…

… I wish to prepare you briefly for what is coming on the next slide. The flyer you are about to see is real. While no people were harmed in its creation, I’m pretty sure the first time I saw it, I lost a year off the end of my life. No names have been changed, as no one is innocent.

From http://www.bignnastyprod.com/site/djdirty/djdirty.htm

Oh, C.R.A.P.!

From http://www.bignnastyprod.com/site/djdirty/djdirty.htm

Okay, what we know…

It’s a little rough, but here’s what we know:This is an event by Big AND Nasty Productions also the guy from Big And Nasty hates me if he Googles himself.

This was an event for Elana’s BirthdayIt occurred at 2586 Davos Trail, Vail, ColoradoIt happened on January 28, 2000Three DJs were there: DJ bus, Cracka, and Jibby gibbyThere was a keg, a light show, and a dance floor

From http://www.bignnastyprod.com/site/djdirty/djdirty.htm

As a team…

Fix it.

Make a new flyer, using your current skills.

Make it better. Email it to me.

Homework

Read for class on Monday: Williams Chapter 7, Kimball & Hawkins Chapter 8 and read around on/tinker with Colors on the Web

Remember that your Logos are due on Monday, too!