Typography... you either love it OR hate it. I absolutely love it and I am proud to be a "font snob." My students know from the start that I better never see particular fonts. I have quite a list (Comic Sans, Papyrus, and Myriad just to name a few). Are you a Comic Sans criminal? Typography is all around us. It should never be overlooked as it's a fantastic vehicle for expression. It delivers messages and either engages or disengages viewers/readers. Therefore, type has the power to easily make or break designs. And it's my job to effectively relay this to my students and thus today, we started our typography unit. Using art materials plus color, texture, hand lettering, and composition, I encouraged self expression with a typographic execution. I asked my students to illustrate an emotion. Avoid using representational images, like hearts or smiley faces because they already have a symbolic meaning. This assignment was adapted from an AIGA lesson.