Week 11 – The week of March 18th – 22nd: Presentations
You will be presenting your folding dummy, your 30 second song sound byte and your PDF file on the over head projector to the class.
Hand in your folding dummy and drop your PDF file into my drop folder.
Happy Spring! Have a great break!
Spring break homework:
Please purchase Kimberly Elam's book: Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type
and the following items to the first Type 2 class next quarter:
– Tracing paper
– Ruler
– Pencil
– Colored pencils or colored markers or colored crayons
– An issue of your favorite magazine (if you don't have a favorite magazine, you can check out magazines from the public library or I can let you borrow one from the variety of magazines we have on hand at school.)
Recommended Grid Books:
Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional Designers by Josef Müller-Brockmann
Layout Workbook A Real-World Guide To Building Pages In Graphic Design Layout Workbook by Kristen Cullen
Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Timothy Samara
Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids (Design Essentials) by Beth Tondreau
Best Practices for Graphic Designers, Grids and Page Layouts: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Applying Page Design Principles by Amy Graver
Week 1 - The week of January 7th
Week 2 - The week of January 14th
Week 3 - The week of January 21st*
Week 4 - The week of January 28th
Week 5 - The week of February 4th
Week 6 - The week of February 11th
Week 7 - The week of February 18th*
Week 8 - The week of February 25th
Week 9 - The week of March 4th
LECTURES
Type History & Type Classifications (pdf)
General Overview: Choosing Typefaces (pdf)
A Closer Inspection: Choosing Typefaces (pdf)
Subtle Details: Font Combinations (pdf)
Practical Advice for Chosing Typefaces (pdf)
Things to look for in Body Text and things to look for in Headlines (pdf)
RESOURCES
Letter Anatomy Cheat Sheet (pdf)
Letters Anatomy Definitions (pdf)
Creative Brief/Design Brief (pdfs)
Creative Brief AIGA sample (pdf)
Brainstorming Techniques (pdf)
Style/Concept Board Template (.indt file)
Elements of an identity dissected...
How to choose typography for a brand...
Kerning/Leading Key Commands (pdf)
Setting up typographic space–Indesign (pdf)
19 Top Fonts in 19 Top Combinations (pdf)
SITES OF INTEREST
16th Century Letterpress Printing
Typography that works: Ellen Lupton
Mood Boards: Dressing for different...
Wordmark (view your loaded fonts)
Adobe Capture App
Scanner Pro App
Typeface Design Resources & Tutorials
8 famous fonts and the designer who made them
LETTERERS
Jessica Hische and Erik Marinovich —
Title Case Video
TYPE DESIGNERS:
FOUNDERIES:
InDesign Typography (Lynda.com course)
Metrix Create Space Laser Cutter Specs
The Dieline
Packaging of the World
Packaging Design Archive
Packaging of the World Pinterest
Packaging Design Served
Lovely Package
CreateId