UNIT DESCRIPTION: SUGGESTED UNIT TIMELINE: 2 weeks Typography speaks louder than words. Designers need to match their font style CLASS PERIOD (min.): 55 minutes in their document to their audience. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: If you were a font, what font would you be? What is the cost associated with errors in design or text? ESSENTIAL MEASURABLE LEARNING OBJECTIVES CCSS LEARNING GOALS CROSSWALK TO STANDARDS (Anchor Standards/Clusters) GLEs/CLEs PS CCSS NBEA DOK Create a text frame COMM.IV.3.8 2 Compose text (e.g., headings, captions, body W.9-12.2a CD.III.D.2.1 2 text) Import text files and other word processing IT.V.1.3 2 documents into publications Access fonts (e.g., download, unzip, install) COMM.IV.3.8 2 Apply font size guidelines N-Q.1 3 N-Q.2 N-Q.3 Measure type in points, picas, and inches N-Q.1 COMM.IV.3.8 2 N-Q.2 N-Q.3 Adjust typography attributes (e.g., bold, italic, COMM.IV.3.8 2 underline, reverse) Apply character and word spacing (e.g., COMM.IV.3.8 2 kerning, tracking and leading) Explain the usage of font types (e.g., serif, sans COMM.IV.3.8 3 serif, decorative)
UNIT DESCRIPTION: Typography speaks louder than words. Designers need to match their font style in their document to their audience. SUGGESTED UNIT TIMELINE: 2 weeks CLASS PERIOD (min.): 55 minutes ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: If you were a font, what font would you be? What is the cost associated with errors in design or text? ESSENTIAL MEASURABLE LEARNING OBJECTIVES CCSS LEARNING GOALS (Anchor Standards/Clusters) CROSSWALK TO STANDARDS GLEs/CLEs PS CCSS NBEA DOK Create a text frame COMM.IV.3.8 2 Compose text (e.g., headings, captions, body text) W.9-12.2a CD.III.D.2.1 2 Import text files and other word processing documents into publications IT.V.1.3 2 Access fonts (e.g., download, unzip, install) COMM.IV.3.8 2 Apply font size guidelines N-Q.1 N-Q.2 N-Q.3 3 Measure type in points, picas, and inches N-Q.1 N-Q.2 N-Q.3 COMM.IV.3.8 2 Adjust typography attributes (e.g., bold, italic, underline, reverse) COMM.IV.3.8 2 Apply character and word spacing (e.g., kerning, tracking and leading) COMM.IV.3.8 2 Explain the usage of font types (e.g., serif, sans serif, decorative) COMM.IV.3.8 3
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