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Page 1: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Anatomy of TypeAnne Metcalf

Page 2: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Objective Students will be able to recognize the

characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline Cap height x-height Ascender Descender

Utah Desktop Publishing Core, Grades 8-12, Standard 04, Objective 0402

Page 3: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Anticipatory Set

We are surrounded by typefaces: in magazines, newspapers, books, and billboards.

How are typefaces similar and how are they different?

Page 4: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Teaching—Baseline

Baseline is the invisible line upon which type sits.

Page 5: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Teaching—Cap Height

Cap height is the height of the capital letters.

Page 6: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Teaching—x-height The x-height is the distance between the baseline

of a line of type and tops of the main body of lower case letters (i.e. excluding ascenders and descenders).

Page 7: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Teaching—x-height continued

Typefaces of the same point size may have different x-height. These are the same point size.

Page 8: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Teaching—Ascender

Ascenders are the strokes that rise above

the x-height.

Page 9: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Teaching—Descender

Descenders are the strokes that dip below the baseline.

Page 10: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

What is this?

a. the baseline

b. the cap height

c. the x-height

d. ascenders

e. descenders

Page 11: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

What is this?

a. the baseline

b. the cap height

c. the x-height

d. ascenders

e. descenders

Page 12: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

What is this?

a. the baseline

b. the cap height

c. the x-height

d. ascenders

e. descenders

Page 13: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

What is this?

a. the baseline

b. the cap height

c. the x-height

d. ascenders

e. descenders

Page 14: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

What is this?

a. the baseline

b. the cap height

c. the x-height

d. ascenders

e. descenders

Page 15: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Guided Practice Draw the baseline Draw a line

showing the cap height

Shade in the area of the x-height

Label any ascenders and descenders

“I think and thinkfor monthsand years.

Ninety-nine times,the conclusion is false.

The hundredth time I am right.”

Albert Einstein*Students will mark their own handout.

Page 16: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Closure You have learned how to recognize the

characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline Cap height x-height Ascender Descender

Page 17: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Independent Practice Find a typeface for each of the following

descriptions: A typeface that does not follow a straight baseline. A typeface that has a high cap height in relationship to its

x-height. A typeface that has a large x-height in relationship to its

cap height. A typeface that has simple, straight ascenders. A typeface that has elaborate, curved descenders.

Page 18: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Good Job!

The arrow is pointing to the baseline.

Page 19: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Good Job!

The arrows are pointing to

the cap height of the “G” and the “B.”

Page 20: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Good Job!

The blue area is the x-height

Page 21: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Good Job!

The arrows are points to

the ascending strokes

on the “t” and the “h.”

Page 22: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

Good Job!

The arrows are pointing to

the descending strokes

on the “y” and the “p.”

Page 23: Anatomy of Type Anne Metcalf. Objective Students will be able to recognize the characteristics that distinguishes one typeface from another: Baseline.

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