hi folks.
welcome to type design, fall 2010
here's your first assignment:
1) make a blog for this course
email your blog link to your ta
Make sure your subject line states the class you are in : (Mon or Wed) (Day or Nite) Type Class
monday type ta: Nicole nicolemrincon@gmail.com
wednesday day type ta: Rosane rosane@gibiteca.com
wednesday nite type ta: Kristie kristieebailey@gmail.com
2) create a type specimen book
using 15 fonts:
3 serif text fonts
3 sans serif text fonts
3 serif display fonts
3 sans serif display fonts
3 decorative fonts*
and a text of your choice
base this assignment on a text you find interesting
please research the text well, cross reference, annotate, etc.
research the topic,
add to it,
interpret it
show us your discoveries in the way you handle the typography, setting and choices
make it interesting, please
set the text and related typographic elements
highlight what you find interesting about the text with typography choices and sizes
set both display type and text blocks
no images for this week
no color
print b&w to size
bind (paste back to back, cover wrap)
bring to class
make us want to read it
this isn't easy, but if well done, it's an excellent portfolio piece
we're looking for how well you use typography both aesthetically and to create and/or highlight meaning in the text
we're also looking to see how well you combine fonts
and how well you solve problems
work hard
have fun
i have a feeling from meeting you all just once this will be a great semester.
i'm already impressed.
yeah!
g.
* you may find the first two chapters of ellen lupton's "thinking with type" helpful. suggest (strongly) that you read or review those chapters.
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