06
Margins and vertical space

Reading

• Lupton 102–105, 108–129

Projects

• In-progress critique for Poster. Have completed tasks 3 (research/writing) and 4 (conceptual design), and bring your poster drafts on paper.

Composition and spacing exercise (in class)

• Work w newspaper scraps, one line at a time. You must use entire lines.
• Compositions sit on a letter-size pages.
• We are not concerned with what the words say.
• These should be as black-and-white as reasonably possible.
• Upload photos to a Miro board

Prompts

• Typographic color: Create 5 compositions with leading that describes a gradient from too lose to too tight. All text should be the same size—all body copy. Identify the most visually even “color.”
• Margins: Create 3 typographic compositions that have clear margins. The compositions should have margins that are too tight; too loose; and in between.
• Clustering: Create 3 compositions that use space to create structure. Consider how you group and separate elements. Rely on space rather than size, font choice, or font style. Identify the most successful.