CC2, Week 2: Sketching Type, Part 1

For this week's exercise you may use a ruler. I recommend you download the jpegs in this post, print them out and place a thin sheet of paper over them and trace each of the three exercises.

Complete all the pages at home and bring them to class to hand in at 11 a.m. on Wed. July 9th. If you don't have tracing paper, just use regular printer paper. Use a light table (if you have one) or a small light placed under a glass coffee table. In a pinch, a brightly lit window will do.

In each case, replicate as accurately as possible all the lines and letterforms in each of the three exercises.

Hour One: Draw the grid, then the letter forms on the same grid.

Hour Two: Draw the grid, then the letter forms on the same grid.

Hour Three: Although it's not shown below as it was in the two examples above, by now you should have the general idea: Draw the grid, then the letter forms on the same grid.

This week's sketchbook assignment (Due in the Dropbox on Monday July 14th at 11 a.m.):

Read this article about Herb Lubalin.

Google Image Search Herb Lubalin's logo designs.

Look specifically for "Beards" , "Mother & Child" , "Families" and other Lubalin "typographics"

Choose any word you like and design a "typographic" logo that visually describes the subject of your word.