Final at noon, Wednesday, December 9

FINAL
Please have your 32 page booklet of your alphabet ready to view. Must have cover that says "The Alphabet" by Fredrick Goudy Designed by Your name. The cover and back design you can have fun - make it fit to your look of your booklet. All letterforms need be accounted for. Have fun on the double page spreads. Stick to a standard grid and don't forget to layout your small paragraph in a typeface that compliments your hand lettering - stick to a standard body copy all the way through the booklet. Booklets need to be staple bound and ready to view. You need to dress up for critique, but no worries about job folder or putting anything under glass.

PLEASE UPLOAD A PDF OF THIS BOOKLET to issuu account so that we have something to look at on the board rather than just in person.

DIGITAL FILES (need to submit these for archiving of the art department. Will collect these files at the end of class. Make sure you have them. Final grades will not be given until these files are archived).

FINAL PORTFOLIO

PDF FILES / TO PUT ON HARD DRIVE
Project 01 - Type Portrait / pdf
Project 02 - I AM Type / pdf of poster series
Project 03 - Magazine Design (pdf of spreads / photo of magazine in 3D)
Project 04 - JUFF / pdf of cover and all website pages
Project 05 - Book Designs / pdf of cover and photos of covers on books
Project 06 - Stop Motion Type
Project 07 - Alphabet Book / pdf of booklet and photos of the book standing up (3d)

InClass 01 - Letter Marking Photos
InClass 02 - Handwriting Fonts / include the font file
InClass 03 - Handwriting Type Sample Poster
InClass 04 - Handmade Type Poster
InClass 05 - Zine (make sure get photo of it standing up) / pdf of spreads
InClass 06 - Handwritten Letter Poster
InClass 7 - "Ant" Photo

Monday, Nov. 30

Please finish your stop motion for Monday. Be prepared to work on Juff most of the day. We have some final changes to do to the table of contents, one last article and bios to add. So don't plan on having Monday during class to work on the stop motion like we had thought. Too much to finish up with the JUFF. The editorial board will be here at 2 pm the work individually with you all to make the edits.

Good luck and have a wonderful break!

Friday, Nov. 20

Your type stop motion will be due on Friday at the end of class. We have a couple more things to layout and compile for the JUFF so be ready to look those over. See you then!

Wednesday, Nov. 18

Please have your typography stop motion ready to look over the stop motion and the typography hand drawn logotypes (3 a person). We will put them together at the beginning of class.

Amanda if you could please draw three logotypes of words of objects (example - shoes) and superimpose on photo of object. Have these ready to look over in class on Wednesday.

We will be going over to have editorial sessions with the board of the Juff on Wednesday. Please have all your files ready to look over when you get a chance. Thanks!

Friday, Nov. 13

We are narrowing this down to just the book cover assignment. No more website or internal chapter. Please have the different looks for the cover - including spine back and flap printed out for class on Friday. No less than two different looks. We will discuss roughs and direction on Friday. Assignment will be due on Monday, Nov. 16. Must have on hard cover book for critique.

Wednesday, Nov. 11

Please have some printed out roughs of full cover - this includes spine, front, back and interior flaps. Concentrate on this. We will discuss options for deadline for project on Wednesday. Won't be Friday just because of the JUFF slowing us down. Will keep working with JUFF to refine copy as we do this so keep both projects in mind as you work. You will not receive a final grade for the JUFF until final project is turned in to the client. All this progress work contributes to your final grade.

Monday, Nov. 9

Please print off your Juff material for class on Friday. Have it all printed off and completed please. We will format together and send off to the editorial team on Monday.

Please have some thumbnails and some progress on your book covers and websites. Visual briefs for covers and websites should be printed. You should have good progress on thumbnails and be starting on your roughs. Should have some documents moving toward roughs by the start of class on Monday.

Friday, Nov. 6

Please be working on your JUFF files. Hoping to have it just small format changes on Friday so come with them already set in the indesign file to class. Please get started on thumbnails, visual briefs for your book cover and website. Now…just a reminder book covers include backs and interior flaps. This is a hard cover book that you are designing not a poster. The critique will have a hard cover book stand in with your cover as a model on it.

See ya Friday!

IN CLASS - November 4th

Okay guys, so I'm going to be in critique with Graphics One in the PAC. I will head over to the lab as soon as I'm finished but you all need to use this day as a work day on the JUFF.

Congrats to Amanda for being chosen on the look of the cover and website and Song for being chosen on the interior treatment! Now we have to combine the two looks as a team.

Here are the notes that I have from the editorial board.

Cover - We need to take the title Journal big and then the sub information - check out logo from last years, no abreviation of JUFF on title. Try it in the san serif type and try one in the Baskerville see what works.

Need to change the blue to red - Amanda do what we talked about. Will have a chance to discuss design again with editorial board.

Back needs white version of the logo.

 Website - Please make one solid black with photo on top and bottom border. Smaller navigation buttons. Please make the logo that you choose for the cover extend to website. We will get information for them that is current. Please ask Anna to supply you all with that info when you get a chance.

Interior - Song they loved every style you treated the type. Loved the footnotes and body copy. Way to knock block quotes out of the park. Match the headline for Amanda's and the byline treatment to your style. Page numbers loose the circle and keep placement.


Biggest thing today is take google drive info and start laying out. Song you will want to fix the file with the information that you need to update and then share the file with the other team members. They will use the document that you've set up since all the styles are there. Print as you go...important to see stuff on paper to fix mistakes.

I will check in with you are soon as possible after critique. Don't forget to be ready to talk about book cover options today. We will have a work day on this material on Friday as well.

Wednesday, Nov. 4

Please have in mind an idea of a book that you would like to redesign the cover. The cover that it currently has is not as interesting or eludes to the story as it could be. Bring an image of the cover and research to class on Wednesday.

We will get started on the JUFF files on Wednesday. Be ready to start laying out. I will start class with the Graphics One critique in the PAC so you will be charged with started to layout the articles according to the styles at the start of class. I should know as early as tomorrow as to who has been awarded the job. I will head back to class after I finish the Social Cause critique with graphics one and we will start talking about the book project and what we need to finish with the JUFF then. Friday will be a work day on the JUFF as well and more progress on the book cover.

Monday, Nov. 2 - Critique

Please meet in BAC-45. Class starts at 2 pm for them so please have everything ready to go at that time. I will meet you in the classroom in BAC at 2 pm. Will be meeting with Graphics One until then in the lab so if you have some last minute items to cover you can do so in the lab and then be over in the classroom. You are expected to be dressed for critique and prepared on the computer in the lab with the material - part of your critique grade.

Be ready to discuss target market, design decisions and why you choose the motifs you did for the JUFF with the editorial board.

For the JOB FOLDER FOR ME
Left Side
1. (on bottom) Research
2. Visual Briefs (all items - website / journal cover / journal article)
3. Pitch (designed summary with your logo written to the client explaining the design - discuss target audience, design decisions, etc. - no personal pronouns)

Right Side
1. Thumbnails
2. Roughs
3. Final of Website (all pages printed out on 8.5x11)
4. JUFF booklet - cover (front & back + article) - cut to size.

For the Client Folder
Please write your last name, first name_JUFF on the project tab

Left Side
1. (on Bottom) Visual brief that you used for all material (combine the three into one sheet)
2. Pitch (designed summary with your logo written to the client explaining the design - discuss target audience, design decisions, etc. - no personal pronouns) - same one as in job folder for class

Right Side
1. Website (all pages printed out on 8.5x11)
2. JUFF Booklet - cover (front & back + article) - cut to size.

FOR CRITIQUE
-Make sure your interactive pdf works before class and that you have your final JUFF uploaded to Issuu and you can pull everything up. I will meet you over there at 2 pm. Dress the part of a professional. Practice your pitch!!

See ya then! Good luck!

Friday, October 28

Please have a finalized rough printed off of all your roughs at the moment. Be sure to work up as much of the journal article for Friday. Should have it all laid out and printed. Website should be workable and items should just need small fine tuning for Friday. Critique is Monday be sure to be ready!

Wednesday, Oct. 28

Please have your finalized roughs to look over in class on Wednesday. Have options for your website looks and your journal cover. Have these printed out for your job folder. We will spend part of the day on Wednesday discussing styles and options for looks on the journal article layout.

Monday, October 26

Please come to class with your roughs of your cover and your website printed out. We will need to get started on the refining process for these and have time to work on the article itself. Be ready to hit the ground running. Only a week to go before the pitch!

Friday, October 23

Have your roughs of your cover printed out and be ready to get started on other elements of design. Time on this project is ticking away...make sure you are using your work days wisely. Will be gone before you know it.

Wednesday, October 21

Please have roughs of your covers printed out for class on Wednesday. This will determine the direction of your other pieces so be ready to look them over and get started on the next step.

Friday, October 16

Zine - please have this printed and ready to look over in class on Friday.

Please start a visual brief for your cover for the journal and website. Have these printed and ready to look over. Have your thumbnails ready to start out at the beginning of class. Be ready to hit the ground running on Friday with working on your design. I'm sending your document to import InDesign to your Union email. Go ahead and start importing this into indesign so you will have a document to start setting up your styles. THE EXACT SIZE OF THE DOCUMENT IS 7 X10. Covers are full bleed.

Wednesday, October 14

Please have your zine printed and stapled in class on Wednesday. Your front cover must have title, issue # and date (ex. fall 2015). Please work with hand type, respect the center spread, have fun with this and don't over work it. Play with your theme and what it can do. This will be due in printed form at the end of class on Wednesday. We will take the beginning of class to discuss your next assignment of design for the JUFF.

Wednesday, October 7 - Critique

Please dress in business casual. Have your digital copy of your magazine uploaded to issuu and ready to preview on the big screen during critique. Have a print out of the final for your job folder and one to pass around during class critique.

FINAL JOB FOLDER
Left Side (one is placed at the bottom of the stack - work your way up)
1. Original Magazine
2. Research
3. Pitch (this should have your company brand at the top. No personal pronouns in the writing. Section headers for GOALS, TARGET AUDIENCE, PLAN, SCHEDULE) Should only be one page and should be designed:)

Right Side (one is placed at the bottom of the stack - work your way up)
1. Roughs (3 sets - please staple each set together)
2. Final (double sided print / booklet form / with all required features)

*Will look over digital files for styles in class after critique. Have them ready to preview.

Don't forget to print off your digital illustration of your letter from class / work out into a interesting illustration. Have on 8.5x11 print. Ready to hang up.

Monday, October 5

Okay so I'm going to move the critique back to Wednesday. No homework over break. I don't feel like you got a fair chance to talk about job folders and how critique works for this since not all of you have been through this process before. Make sure you use the extra time wisely. We will spend time in class on Monday talking about the critique before hand and uploading to issuu an interactive version, but we will be doing a in-class assignment instead of using the time to work on spreads so don't plan an having an additional work day on Monday for the magazine that is Friday (which remember has no class). Make sure that your final document has styles for every required element, pushes the concept with type and illustration or photos.

Wednesday, Sept. 30

Please have your magazines with another printed rough for your job folder. Please work hard to get them ready to go with illustrations and other material intact. Wednesday will be one final day to work. Make sure you have all required elements, styles and everything set up in the document. Digital copy of the document will also be required on issuu and the raw file to check styles of the document. Don't forget no class on Friday!

Monday, Sept. 28

Please have your magazine and cover in a close to final rough format. Really have this looking as professional as possible. All photos and illustrations need to be done. We will do final tweaking in class on Monday. Be ready to really tear this apart. Please have them printed in booklet format for rough for your job folder. We need to see how it works in that format.

Friday, Sept. 25

FOR FRIDAY
3 different magazine cover looks
3 different mastheads on each of the covers
EXPERIMENT WITH THESE:)

2 different magazine spreads to match one of your covers
EXPERIMENT!!

Use these requirements to make sure you have everything you need on all this
COVER MUST HAVE
Masthead (designed logotype)
Dateline
Headlines
Barcode (can be on the back)

INTERIOR MUST HAVE
Headlines
Subheads / Deck
Bylines
DropCap
Photos or Illustrations
Must fit to a grid and or break the grid with type system
MUST HAVE STYLES SET UP

Must be 12 page document or 8 page (this includes front cover and back cover)

Monday, Sept. 21

Please have your thumbnails for your spreads finished and ready to look over in class on Monday. Have three roughs (two at least with completely different treatments) of your cover printed out for job folder on Monday. We will be working on setting type for spreads on Monday so please have your article typed and ready to go into InDesign.

Don't forget cookout and bonfire at my house at 6 pm on Monday night for AIGA!

Friday, Sept. 18

Please have your thumbnails of your cover and visual briefs for the cover and spreads printed out. 2 separate sheets (one for covers and one for spreads. Please don't mix). We will be working on layout techniques for spreads on Friday. Please have your article of choice typed out in a word document so that we can work with text on Friday.

Wednesday, Sept. 14

Please have your chosen "ugly" magazine design selected and with you in class on Wednesday. Be prepared to talk about your choice. Have two visual briefs printed out and on 8.5x11 for your job folder. One with images of covers designs that you like and one with images of magazine spread design that you like. See ya then!

Also power points on type systems, magazine design and basic type anatomy are uploaded on moodle and you can view them whenever you need to review.

Friday, Sept. 11 - CLASS CANCELED

Hi guys,

Sorry for the short notice but have a very sick kiddo and need to stay home tomorrow. CLASS IS CANCELED. Please complete all of your eight posters type systems posters / have them printed out for class on Monday.

Please see previous post for all assignment details. 

Friday, Sept. 11

I AM TYPE posters
Set of 8 posters / 11x17. Please use a typographic system per poster / 8 total It is up to you what type of font, color and how the essay will be broken up on the posters. The entire essay needs to spread across the 8 posters. The posters need to look like a set despite all the different systems used and standardized colors and font family will help this. Have all 8 ready to view in one pdf for Friday's class. Here is your essay.

I am type! Of my earliest ancestry neither history nor relics remain. The wedge-shaped symbols impressed in plastic clay by Babylonian builders in the dim past, foreshadowed me; from them, on through the hieroglyph of the ancient Egyptians, down to the beautiful manuscript letters of the medieval scribes, I was in the making. With the golden vision of the ingenious Gutenberg, who first applied the principle of casting me in metal, the profound art of printing with movable types was born to countless thousands. I bring into the light of day the precious stores of knowledge and wisdom long hidden in the grave of ignorance.
I coin for you the enchanting tale, the philosopher's moralizing, and the poet's phantasies; I enable you to exchange the irksome hours that come, at times, to everyone, for sweet and happy hours with books-golden urns filled with all the manna of the past. In books I present to you a portion of the eternal mind caught in its progress through the world, stamped in an instant, and preserved for eternity. Through me, Socrates and Plato, Chaucer and the Bards, become your faithful friends whoever surround and minister to you. I am the leaden army that conquers the world. Cold, rigid, and implacable I may be, yet the first impress of my face brought the divine world. I am type!

Wednesday, September 9

No homework:) Enjoy your labor day! We will get started on typographic systems on Wednesday.

Thought for Labor Day -

Friday, Sept. 4

Please come one hour later to class. We will start at 2:10 pm. Sorry forgot to mention that today. I have to lecture at Freshman Seminar course. Be ready to show your type poster in class. Must be color / 11x17 / have all the lower case and uppercase showcased in an interesting way that supports the style of the handwriting that you are transcribing. Mae sure it's printed out. We will be talking about type systems on Friday and gearing up for our next project.

Wednesday, September 2

Please have your font inputed into font constructor and saved as a font for Wednesday. We will be using those to compose a font sample poster in class on Wednesday. See ya then!

Monday, August 31

HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY

Please have one of your handwriting samples translated into illustrator using the blob tool. Fill in the letter forms that are not complete (aka they didn't include a capital letter in their sample - you make it up.) Should have all the lower case and uppercase translated into an illustrator document. Just use black stroke on white background. 11x17 document. Please have this in a digital file. We will be going over how to convert this into a working font in a program called font constructor on Monday during class. 

DURING CLASS ON MONDAY

For the Letter Exercise please incorporate the following image into one of your letter forms. 

Song - dance

Amanda - date

Becca - duck

Friday, August 28

Don't forget the ART department Pizza Party is tomorrow night / Thursday at 5:30 pm in the A72. If you are an art major or minor please schedule to be there.

For Friday

Please have your "Object" made type printed on 11x17 for class. We will put up beside your type portraits. It must have all the alphabet in one case and must have the title of the font incorporated into the piece. Please have your "Ant" project files ready to look over. Don't forget to study for the type quiz on Friday.

Word for the class period to think about with your drawn letter is...

Amanda - chair
Becca - cobweb
Song - candle

Please incorporate this object somehow into one of the drawn letters from your sheet. The other two can be copies of the sheet letter forms in different mediums.

DON'T FORGET AIGA DUES ARE DUE ON FRIDAY. Please turn in check (made out to Union) or cash for $50 for dues. 

Über List of Typography Terms

Here you go guys. Here is the uber list of type terms to study.

Wednesday, August 26

Please have a brush, water (container), black paint / ink, ruler and pencil for Monday. Also don't forget to study for a type anatomy quiz over the basics covered in class. 

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 11x17  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 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. 

Monday, August 24

Please complete three copies of a letter photograph of your choice from this afternoon's adventure. Make a copy of this letter in your sketchbook on three separate pages in three separate mediums. Please mimic the look and texture of the letter but feel free to have some fun with color.

Welcome to Typography

Welcome to Typography! This blog will be your resource and your extension of the syllabus during the semester. Ever have a question about what was covered in class or what the homework was look here for your source in the coming months.