Wednesday, Sept. 5th

Hi guys,

Please create a font using an object. All the capital letters must be accounted for on the poster. You can arrange and design the poster in anyway you see fit to correspond to the subject of the typeface. Have some fun and be original with this. Really push the material and see what different forms are created by the use of the material. Please have this printed in color, 11x17 for class on Wednesday. Cut the poster full bleed status and have your font name somewhere included on the poster. Here are a few examples from years past to draw on...

Friday, August 31

For Friday, please make a font poster of your typeface that you created in class. All letters must be accounted for on the poster / they can be artistically overlapped:) Please design the poster to reflect the Please print off in 11x17 to present to class on Friday.

Wednesday, First Assignment

Hi guys,

Here is the list for the typographers that you are doing....just in case you didn't get it in class.


alesia - aldus manutius
abby w - gutenberg
chelsea - claude garamond
megan - didot
lilia - baskerville
abby - bodoni
kate - fredric goudy
tommy - william dwiggins
lindsey - william morris
ben w - bruce rogers
jeff - jan van krimpen
julie - carol twombly
ben h - william caslon
stephanie priddy - eric gill
hillary - morris fuller benton
kathryn - richard austin

If you can't find the typographer's font for free please find a similar font in style to create their portrait in. The portraits need to be on 8.5x11 printed, B&W. Please center the portrait. Beneath the portrait of the typographer please put their name in the font that you have been using in 13 point. Centered underneath that the name of the font that you have used, the date the font was created in 10 pt italics. Please create a 3 inch margin for the bottom of the piece...this means that you text should not enter this 3 inch zone. Have the portrait printed out and framed behind your clip frame for class on Wednesday. Below are a few examples from previous years to look over. Again...more simple the forms are the better these turn out generally. If you are doing overlap please be careful to let the natural form of the letter show through. If you have any questions about this just drop me a line also pick up your clip frames from outside my office if you haven't yet or need a spare. See you Wednesday and tonight at 4:30 in the lab.

Paper / presentations and Monday, Aug. 27th

Hi guys,

Here are the paper / presentations due dates. More paper info as gets closer to the first assignment.

F / 10.1 / Herman Zapf / Stephanie Priddy

W / 10.3 / Jan Tschichold / Chelsea Wood

F / 10.5 / Theo Van Doesburg / Ben Hamilton

M / 10.8 / Herbert Bayer / Alesia Fisher

W / 10.17 / Paul Renner / Lilia Diaz

F / 10.19 / Adrian Fruitger / Tommy Woods

M / 10.22 / Max Miedinger / Ben Wright

W / 10.24 / Georg Trump / Megan Johnston

F / 10.26 / Herb Lubalin / Julie Hembree

M / 10.29 / Zuzana Licko / Lindsey Howerton

M / 11.5 / Tobias Frere Jones / Jeff Lancaster

W / 11.7 / Lois Filli / Kathryn Buncik

W / 11.14 / Erik Spiekermann / Abby Winters

F / 11.16 / Marian Bantijes / Abby Addison

M / 11.26 / Jessica Hische / Hilary Borden

F / 11.30 / Paula Scher / Kate Weekes

CLASS MONDAY

Please have a brush, water (container), black paint / ink, ruler and pencil for Monday. Also don't forget to study for the type anatomy quiz. AIGA meeting at 4:30 on Monday night. Just a quick one to vote on officers and talk about direction for the semester. Art majors don't forget about pizza party Tuesday night at 5:30 either outside or in 2D lab. Pizza and m&ms...does the heart good. 

Friday, August 24th

Please experiment with a letterform or word written in five different primitive formats. Please do not use the computer for these. Try the letter (s) in some of these examples mud, carved in wood, brushes and ink, sticks in dirt, etc. Be inventive. See how these different materials effect the form and shape of the letter. Make sure that you have these scanned in or photographed. Will go in your sketchbook later. See you Friday and don't forget about AIGA meeting Monday at 4:30 in the lab.

Oh and here the Type Anatomy picture for you...things to study for Monday.

Welcome to Typography

Hello again and welcome to Typography! As in your former semesters this blog is your source for information and deadlines. Looking forward to a new year and seeing you all become type connoisseurs.