Lesson: Typography as a Composition

Overview:

This project introduced students to typography and thinking of typography as a design element rather than as a literary element. The students used Photoshop and placed each letter of their name on a separate layer to enable transforming and rotating each character separately.

Content Focus:

• Use the characters of your name to develop a unified composition.

Photoshop Skills:

• Type Tool
• Layers
• Blending Modes
• Character Panel for Type
• Rotating and Scaling
• Font exploration and experimentation

Design Concepts:

• Cropping and Composition
• Unity
• Balance
• Positive/Negative Space
• Line and Movement
• Size/Scale