Project One, Part One: Drawings with Anatomy

To add a new informational layer to this phase of the project, create 2 more drawings by Monday. Incorporate labels to indicate the parts (anatomy) of your letterforms. You can start a new composition or redo one of your previous three that you believe to be compositionally and typographically engaging.

Labels can be drawn directly on your paper, be applied to a separate material and stuck on to your composition, be tied, stapled or taped to your composition. Do whatever you want! The labels should be legible when standing at around 6 feet away and should fit harmoniously into your composition.

Be aware of how your label points to its respective area and how that area is defined visually. Do you place a dotted circular line around it, a solid yellow squared frame, etc.?


Incorporate or add at least 5 labels from the list of words below:

• baseline
• x-height
• median
• cap height
• spine
• stroke
• stem
• serif
• shoulder
• arm
• leg
• ear
• tail
• spur
• cross bar
• cross stroke
• counter
• bowl
• finial
• terminal
• apex
• vertex
• crotch
• ascender
• descender

Section 1 & Section 2
Bring your finished, labeled drawings to class on Monday, 8/31.