Week 1
August 28
Class introduction, overview of typography
READ: Thinking With Type: Letter (through Type Classification)
September 1
DISCUSS: Anatomy of Letterforms
Project 1 in-class work session
Week 2
September 4
*NO CLASS - LABOR DAY*
September 7
Project 1 full-class critique
Week 3
September 11
*PROJECT 1 DUE
DISCUSS: Typographic Contrast
September 14
DISCUSS: Typographic History / Classification
(Mini-project: Typography in the wild)
Project 2 in-class work session / individual meetings
Week 4
September 18
Project 2 full-class critique
September 21
NO CLASS - PROJECT 2 DUE
Week 5
September 25
*PRESENT Typography in the Wild mini-project research
DISCUSS: spacing, kerning, tracking
READ: Thinking with Type: Word ('through Vertical Text')
September 28
DUE: sketches, ideas, concept for Project 3
Project 3 in-class work session / individual meetings
Week 6
October 2
Project 3 in-class work session
DUE: refined sketches, direction
October 4
Project 3 full-class critique
Week 7
October 9
PROJECT 3 DUE
DISCUSS: Typographic heirarchy
October 12
Project 4 in class work session / individual meetings
Week 8
October 16
Project 4 full-class critique
October 19
*PROJECT 4 DUE
DISCUSS: Paragraph styles
Week 9
October 23
DISCUSS: Typography and culture
Project 5 in class work session
October 26
Individual meetings / mid-term progress check
Week 10
October 30
DISCUSS: Grids
November 2
In class work session / critique
Week 11
November 6
*PROJECT 5 PRESENTATIONS
November 9
DISCUSS: How to create dynamic layouts
Week 12
November 13
DUE: Type pairings/sizing
Project 6 in-class work session / individual meetings
November 16
DISCUSS: Type distribution
DUE: grid system thumbnails and sample spreads / page types
Project 6 in-class work session / individual meetings
Week 13
November 20
SMALL GROUP CRITIQUE
DUE: thumbnails/sketches of every spread
November 23
*NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING
Week 14
November 27
DUE: 2-3 visual styles
Project 6 in-class work session / individual meetings
November 30
Project 6 in-class work session / individual meetings
Week 15
December 4
DISCUSS: Introduction to Web Fonts
Project 6 in-class work session / individual meetings
December 7
FULL CLASS CRITIQUE
- full book mocked up and printed*Submit books to Blurb if printing
Week 16
DECEMBER 11
Full class work session, individual meetings, troubleshooting
December 14
PROJECT 6 DUE
Week 17
DECEMBER 18
Last day of class, look at final printed books from Blurb.
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