X-height- Located between the baseline and the cap height. It's the height of the body of the lowercase letter

 Typography Basics

a.) Typography- the art and technique of arranging type, type meaning letters and characters

b.) Typography is important because every font, letter, and character arrangement plays a part in determining how a message is conveyed. Even the smallest of type adjustments can impact the look and feel of your work.

c.) Hierarchy is when artists use different weights (bold, regular, light), styles (italics) and sizes to create a sense of order in their text

d.) Ascender- The portion of a letter that extends above mean line of a font

Descender- The longest point on a letter that falls beyond the baseline

Stem- The base of a letter, similar to the stem of a flower 

Bar- The bar that that goes across the inside of the letter and connects one side to another 

Cap height- The distance from the baseline to the top of the capital letter 

Baseline- The line where the letter sit

 

 Dynamic Name

Reflection: I thought this project was very fun and cool to do. I liked the whole concept of using objects that represent us to help make our very own font. I personally think my font came out okay. I don't love how it came out, I feel like I could have done a bit better and add more to it. But overall, I don't hate the outcome. 

 Expressive Words

Reflection: The two words I chose was "subtraction" and "compression". Expressing the meaning of the words I thought was fun and interesting. The subtraction one I thought was a little bit more difficult than the compression one because it was harder to get the meaning across.  

Word Weave

 Word Weave

Reflection: 

I personally really enjoyed this project. I thought it was one of the more fun and easier projects. I chose "Just Believe" as my saying because Christmas time is one of my most favorite times of the year. My mom always says this every year so I decided to use this to represent the Hollidays.