Week 4 - Lesson Plan

This week's lesson refers to the following chapter from the prescribed textbook.

Chapter 5: Web Typography

When you approach each activity, it will be indicat ed by the following icon. Each icon is associated with lessons
that will help build up your knowledge and skill sets to successfully complete this course.

Read, study and understand this section of the textbook as indicated by the pagination.

Individual Case Project, found at the end of each chapter, that contributes directly and gain you
marks in your assessment. The hammer and nail icon symbolises the progressive building of foundational
blocks in completing a complete web site.

Attempt and complete the prescribed exercises. If required, the activity files can be downloaded
from the section on 'Learning Resources' of each respective Weekly Lessons.

Important point that you should take note. This usually refers to specific techniques in addition to
what you have will learn from the textbook.

Comments and special notes from your lecturer. This is to direct you to specific knowledge or
techniques that may not or have not been fully covered in the prescribed text book.

Lesson Plan

Do the following in the sequence shown:

1. Understanding Type Design Principles. pg.181-188. Imagine if you were to write a one-page
letter in water-soluble ink. Then soak this letter in water for five minutes. Pass it to a friend to read it. What would
the expected results be? The result would be similar to reading a web page with inappropriate or incorrectly
chosen typography. Web pages are meant to convey messages and meaningful content. The accomplish this,
you need to understand the technicalities and the creative aspect that takes behind each font selectio n and its
use.

2. Understanding CSS Measurement Units. pg.188-192.

3. Using the CSS Font Properties. pg.193-202.

4. Using the CSS Text Properties. pg.202-214.

5. Currently Unsupported CSS3 Properties. pg.214-216.

6. Building a Font and Text Properties Style Sheet. pg.216-222.

7. Customizing Bulleted and Numbered Lists. pg.223-230. This section is really fun. You should
try it out.

8. Review Questions. pg.231-232.

9. Hands-On Projects. pg.232-235.

Assessment - Portfolio 1.5

Individual Case Project .pg.236. You must attempt this section. You need to include the outcome of your
tasks to Portfolio 1 of your assessment. Please note, there are minor modifications to the requirements that are
different to the one's indicated in the textbook. Please refer to the section under Assessment Details for further
details.

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