Welcome & Overview
Sep 19, 2011 |
Syllabus |
John |
Sep 19, 2011 |
Village Type “Distribution” |
John |
Due Dec. 15
Nice work, everyone. And thank you to Benjamin Shaykin and Julie Fry for being guest critics.
Due Nov. 28
A friend of mine put me onto this site, lots of good images, a little awkwardly designed, but so remarkably similar to our project I had to share:
http://nyctype.com/
Due by end of semester
Due by end of class
A bit of Pictures of Type inspiration from PBS, 2001. More about this.
Post from MVA about their typographic foundations course. Captures the spirit of Oct. 31 class and Nov. 7 class (if not the rest of life)
Due Nov. 7
In-class exercise
Due Oct. 31
Due Oct. 31
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Due Oct. 24
Start in class and due Oct. 24
Star in class and due Oct. 24
A website that lets you kern onscreen. The instructions on the site are as follows: “Your mission is simple: achieve pleasant and readable text by distributing the space between letters. Typographers call this activity kerning. Your solution will be compared to typographer’s solution, and you will be given a score depending on how close you nailed it. Good luck!”
Start in class, due Oct. 17
Due Oct. 17
Due Oct. 17
Due Oct. 17
In class activitiy
Thank you, Colin for a great letterpress workshop.
Visit to the D.B. Updike Collection with Special Collections librarian Jordan Goffin to look and touch historical typographic artifacts.
Readings for next two weeks
Reading due Sept. 26
Due Sept. 26
Due Sept. 26
In-class activity
A clip with Dutch design firm Experimental Jetset from the movie Helvetica. The advantage to using just one typeface (Helvetica, in this case) … like you’re going to do.
This course concerns itself with typography as described in two ways: a purposeful craft that branched off from printing and a formal element within an artistic composition.
With a more than 550-year history, typesetting — as found in books, posters, ephemera and on screen — forms the foundation of the course. Typesetting is the selection and placement of letterforms to transfer meaning. However prominent or intentional, the typography is part of the meaning. The job of the typographer is to create a nuanced, personalized and appro
This course carries an important structural twist. Each student will work with a single contemporary typeface generously donated by Village Type Foundry. Students will understand the broader typographic issues through prolonged exposure and practice using one type family. Each typeface provides its own historical and suggestive meanings, while being designed for present-day application. The typeface will be the focus of many of your assignments during the semester.
PBS Type short created for the layperson, but entertaining, diverse and informative. From PBS Arts.