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Design a Font Project: High School Art Lesson
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This design a font project is a fun way for students to create a font they can add to their computer and use in designs. Perfect for a design II high school class.
This design a font project is a perfect digital design, graphic design-based project for high school art students. Using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and the free online program, Glphyr Studio students create a typeface that can be installed and used on a computer like any other font.
This project is ideal for advanced middle school or high school art students with some design experience. It can be used at the end of the semester in an intro to design course or in a design II or advanced design class.
This design a font project pack is extremely comprehensive. Even if you have zero experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Glyphr Studio you can learn along with the students with the resources included. This is a perfect intro to learning about design-based careers such as graphic design.
All in all this design a font project pack has:
- Lesson Plan (with a big idea, national standards, vocabulary, step-by-step instructions, and more)
- 2 PowerPoints
- Research activity
- Sketchbook activity
- Practice sheet to plan their font
- Anatomy of typography reference and activity
- Hand drawn font to digital typeface project guide
- Creating a digital design typeface project guide
- Design board guide
- Project checklist
- Critique reflection
- Critique activity
- Project rubric
- Anatomy of typography poster
Check out my elements of design worksheet pack here. Use these handouts with this project to further deepen your student's understanding of the elements of design.
Check out my principles of design worksheet packet here to reinforce ideas in your Introduction to Design course. These are also perfect for distance learning art and have digital fill-in options.
Check out additional design class projects and resources here.
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