Digital Signpost Design
Primary 6 · Creative Arts
Digital Signpost Design
Lesson 2 of 4
20 min
Let's begin
Uwase is making a title for the class drama poster. "In Unit 1, the road and the poles all went back to a vanishing point," she remembers. "Can letters go back to a vanishing point too?"
They can, and it makes a title look big and exciting, as if the words are standing on the ground in front of you.
In the last lesson every letter's depth went the same way, with parallel joining lines. With a vanishing point, the joining lines are not parallel: they all point to the VP, so the letters seem to go back into the distance.
Keep the depth short. If the letters go back too far, the sides take over and the word is hard to read.
Tip
Front first, guides to the VP, back edges parallel to the front
The guide lines meet at the VP, but the back edges copy the front edges: across stays across, up-and-down stays up-and-down.
Try each one first, then tap Show answer to check.
The VP is above Mugisha's word. Will he see the tops or the bottoms of his letters?
Answer: The tops, because the letters are below his eye level.
In 3D letters with a vanishing point, which way do the back edges go?
Answer: Parallel to the front edges: horizontal edges stay horizontal and vertical edges stay vertical.
A letter is on the right of the VP. Which of its sides can you see?
Answer: Its left side, the side facing the VP.
Why should the depth of the letters be kept short?
Answer: If the sides are too long, they take over and the word becomes hard to read.
Make it: Write the word EXIT, or the name of your school, in 3D letters that go back to a vanishing point. Try it once with the VP above the word and once with it below.
What you learned today
Sources and credits
Written by Ganzaa, including the diagrams and the exercises (Try it yourself and the practice questions).
Quick check
With a vanishing point, the joining lines of the letters are all parallel.
