Goal

The pri­mary goal if this exer­cise is to develop a sophis­ti­cated aware­ness of the skill of copy­fit­ting using hyphen­ation and jus­ti­fi­ca­tion (H&Js).

Objective

Over­rid­ing the default set­tings for text blocks in a large range of type­faces pro­vides nec­es­sary expe­ri­ence needed to ade­quately per­form this del­i­cate skill.

Background Reading

• Kane, p 94–99 and 124–131
• Bringhurst, p 25–44
• http://​inde​signse​crets​.com/​w​h​a​t​-​a​r​e​-​y​o​u​r​-​f​a​v​o​r​i​t​e​-​w​o​r​d​-​a​n​d​-​c​h​a​r​a​c​t​e​r​-​s​p​a​c​e​-​s​e​t​t​i​n​g​s​-​f​o​r​-​h​j​s​.​php

Part One

Using the tem­plate pro­vided, sub­sti­tute the default font with one from each of the fol­low­ing cat­e­gories of the Adobe Fonts Favorites or AFFEE col­lec­tion: old style, tran­si­tional, mod­ern, slab serif, sans serif, dis­play (may go out­side AFFEE on dis­play only). The exer­cise requires a total of six prints and PDFs for credit.

Pay care­ful atten­tion to the pos­i­tive and neg­a­tive space rela­tion­ship using the guide­lines from the read­ings posted in D2L, namely Hill (Align­ment) and Craig Type. Resist the temp­ta­tion to use the same set­tings for each set. Each text block requires atten­tion to their spe­cific pur­pose and unique attributes.

• The fol­low­ing rubric posted on D2L will deter­mine exer­cise score: Exer­cise Grading

Techniques

Kern­ing, let­terspac­ing, fig­ure, ground, rep­e­ti­tion, rhythm

Supplies

Tem­plate file, InDe­sign, printer