September 19: HTML

Topics

  • Last week’s Review Questions
  • HTML homework
  • HTML: Figure, Figcaption, linking pages
  • MLA Image Captions
  • Downloading and using typefaces in Mockups and Digital Sketches from Google Fonts

Due September 21

  • HTML for Project 1

Due September 23

  • Sketches (layout and organization with grid) of home page and article page. Consider both small screens and large screens.
  • Type Hierarchy study for Project 1 (post excerpts and posts) — do this in Illustrator or Sketch or similar. Download your font from Google Fonts. Experiment with the typographic relationships between Post title, byline, subheadings, paragraphs, captions (and any other element you might need). Focus on readability and hierarchy. Consider size/scale, leading, color, case, style, etc. Remember that paragraph text should be 16px.