Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Baseline- the line the characters sit on
Meanline- line that sits on top of lower case letters
X-height- distance between baseline and meanline
Cap height- from baseline to top of capital letters
Ascender- top sticking out part of a letter
Descender- bottom sticking out part
Serifs- little parts on the bottom of letters
Stem- thickest line in letter
Bar- thin line on letter
Bowl- curved part of circular letter
Counter- inside of bowl
Leg- bottom stroke of letter
Shoulder- curved part of letter


Points- 1/72 of an inch
Width- width of a letter


Friday, October 11, 2013

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Layers are needed to make a Photoshop design not good as it can be be to optimize the designs look.

Monday, October 7, 2013

What is the smallest unit of measure in typography?

How many points in a pica?

EM square -- ask me about it it's confusing in this article.

In graphic design, what is a grid and how is it used?

Who is Josef Muller-Brockmann? (find samples of his designs, and post on your blog)

What is a typeface?

What is a font?

How are they different?

What are glyphs?

Monday, September 30, 2013

 Repitition
 Movement
 Emphasis
Harmony
Balance
Variety

Thursday, September 26, 2013


Self Evaluation

I found this project fun and I thought my designs were okay.  It was kind off hard to do until I started using paint. My designs were mostly squares and circles because I thought they looked very good in the majority of my designs.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Dust 514 is a cool game any one visiting this page should join my corporation.
The revolutionized graphics and schematics were really cool when the beta came out.
Due to recent start up games and other pieces of graphic art will not be appearing until a later date.
Glyph Design Interface uses graphic arts and tech to create awesome free to play games.