January 28
Class introduction, syllabus, grading, etc
LECTURE: Fundamentals of Typography/Review
READ: Detail in Typography ("Basics" through "The Word"), Typography is a Grid
ASSIGNMENT: Begin Project 1: "Serial Series"
February 4
LECTURE: Grid Systems/Layout/Type Systems
IN CLASS: in class work session / individual meetings
READ: Detail in Typography ("Linespacing" through "The Qualities of Type")
February 11
IN CLASS: Project 1 critique
READ: The Responsive W, What Mascots Can Teach Us About Branding, Brand New Worlds
February 18
*NO CLASS - PRESIDENT'S DAY*
February 25
*PROJECT 1 DUE*
LECTURE: Responsive Typography and Branding
READ: The Crystal Goblet
ASSIGNMENT: Begin Project 2
March 4
LECTURE: Legibility/Readibilty
IN CLASS: individual meetings, in-class work session
March 11
LECTURE: Modernism/New Typography
March 18
*NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK*
March 25
LECTURE: Postmodernism/Questioning LEgibility
IN CLASS: small group critiques, in class work time
April 1
IN CLASS: Project 2 Critique
April 8
*PROJECT 2 DUE*
LECTURE: Type In Motion
ASSIGNMENT: Begin Project 3
April 15
LECTURE: Questioning Postmodernism
IN CLASS: individual meetings, in-class work time
READ: Designer as Author, Fuck Content, Fuck All
April 22
LECTURE: The Designer as Author
IN CLASS: in-class work time
READ: Typeface as Programme, WISIWIG, Google Fonts
April 29
LECTURE: Typography and Technology
IN CLASS: Project 3 troubleshooting
May 6
IN CLASS: Project 3 critique
May 13
*PROJECT 3 DUE
Final class: course evaluations, class wrap-up
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