NPR on Fonts

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Also for next Thursday:
• assigned readings for ex. 1
• start ex. 1

• have materials to work in class including textbook
• start bringing computer and HAVE SOFTWARE

Welcome to Type!

Digital Portfolio Due

 You must submit pdf files for all digital exercises and projects.
 Digital Files Due: by 8am Monday, May 9

•  Pdfs must be set at high quality
•  Name files with project number + your first and last name, for ex.: 6_adrian_frutiger.pdf.
•  Place them all in a folder with YOUR NAME as the folder title
•  Compress/zip the folder by selecting it and going to Finder > File > Compress
•  Email the compressed file to typeclass@gmail.com.

If you fail to complete this on time or if you do not follow these directions correctly, you will receive a grade of INC for ARGD 3030.

Final Schedule

Tu 4/5

• Typographer presentations

• have lots of printed digital roughs for short group progress crit
• work in class

Th 4/7
• Typographer presentations

• more refined digital designs due
• desk crits
• show some color experimentation
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Tu 4/12

• final group critique on project 6
• also show color AND paper experimentation

Th 4/14

• start project 7
• final Type Journal show-n-tell

Type journals DUE

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Tu 4/19

• project 7 thumbnails and tiny dummy due
• have copy together
• work in class

Th 4/21

• full-size printed dummy due (grayscale ok)
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Tu 4/26

• work in class project 7

Th 4/28

Last T/Th class

Project 6 Due

• final crit. project 7
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Th May 5 @ noon

final exam meeting time

• Project 7 Due

 • final digital files due (details tba on blog)

Design Charts for Better Typography and Color

Paula Scher Using Type as Image

Steve Jobs talk Type.

This is Steve Jobs' commencement speech at Stanford several years ago. It is about 15 minutes long, but of special interest  is the first five minutes where he talks about typography. 

Schedule 2

Tu 2/15

Project 2 thumbnails due.
• work in digital sketches in class

Th 2/17

• Type Journals show + tell (packaging, etc).
• Project 2 digital sketches: group progress crit
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Tu 2/22

Project 2 desk crits

Th 2/24

Project 2 Due
Vocab/handouts Review
Start Project 5
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Tu 3/1

P5 thumbnails due
Lecture: vocab, file setup + grids

Th 3/3

P5 digital roughs: work in class
(should have already started. show progress. print.)
Type Journals: (Helvetica, etc.)
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Tu 3/8

Midterm Exam
P5 desk crits

Th 3/10

Project 5 group crit

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s p r i n g  b r e a k

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Tu 3/22

Project 5 Due
Start Project 6 

Th 3/24

36 thumbs due 
work in class

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Tu 3/29

100 thumbnails due
TYPE JOURNALS!

Th 3/31

show progress in digital sketches
work in class
5 Typographer presentations (see related post)

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Typographer Presentations (Project 3)

Thursday, March 31

Wilson
Treen
Taylor
Sciacca
Robertson

Tuesday, April 5

Rabun
O'Connor
Nunez
Lee
Ho

Thursday, April 7

Hayes
Goggans
Gabriel
Bushong
Bradford

Cool 3-D Alphabet book

New typeface in NY Times

Graphic Content: Carter Sans

Watch This.

Schedule

Th 1/20

Show Type Journal Finds

Ex. 1: steps 1 and 2 complete, work on step 3 in class
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Tu 1/25

Exercise 1 step 4 due

(I will check all of ex. 1 in class.)

Exercise 2 in class

Th 1/27

Exercise 3 in class 
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Tu 2/1

Exercise 2 and 3 Due (turn in.)

Ex. 4 sketching in class

Th 2/3

Ex. 4 digital roughs in class
Type Journal finds
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Tu 2/8
Ex. 4 group crit.
work in class

Th 2/10
Helvetica Movie

Ex. 4 Due.
Start new Project  in class 
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next thursday:
type journal finds. find some packaging!

Exercise 1

Since we didn't get to start exercise 1 in class, I thought this example might be helpful.

A sketchy quality is fine. Focus on correct proportions and anatomical structure, and proper spacing.

Space Invaders: Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period.

This article about WikiLeaks and type was just too timely. (We haven't gotten to this minutia yet, but just so you know, you never use two spaces after punctuation in fine typography!)