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Aim: What can we learn about typographic design?. Unit Typographic Design. Unit Objectives for Typographic Design. In this unit, you will learn to do the following Use guide lines to position text in an image Make a clipping mask from text Merge text with other layers
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Aim: What can we learn about typographic design? Unit Typographic Design
Unit Objectives for Typographic Design • In this unit, you will learn to do the following • Use guide lines to position text in an image • Make a clipping mask from text • Merge text with other layers • Use the layer styles with text • Preview typefaces interactively to choose them for an image • Control text and positioning using advanced palette features • Wrap text around a 3-d object
Lesson Overview • In this first lesson we will • Create a guideline to align text • Add point text to an image
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Adding Guides to Position Type • Open the lesson 9 start and the olives images in lesson 10 on the i-drive • Using the zoom tool: • Drag over the black and white portion of the blank label to zoom in and center it in the image window • Repeat until you have a good close up view of the area • Choose view > Rulers to turn on guide rulers • Then drag an vertical guide from the left ruler to the center of the label (about 3.5”) and release
Adding Point Type • Make sure that the Blank Label layer is selected • Select the Horizontal type tool • Choose the Myriad Pro Font and choose bold from the Font Style menu • Type in 79pt into the size field and press Enter • Click the center text alignment button
Adding Point Type • Click on the center of the guide line in the white area of the label to set the text insertion point • Type OLIO in all caps • Click on the commit edits button (check mark) • Press Ctrl and drag the OLIO text to visually center it in the white box • Save your work in lesson 10 folder
Checking portfolio • Once you have completed the assignment, I will check your portfolio. • If you have already shown me your portfolio, you may continue your work on the DVD cover