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Week 4 Day 1

Today, in Type 1, we’re doing this:

Some light book binding

Talking about Type Specimen covers + finishing

Learning how to print a book from Indesign

Talking about the beginning of our Book project

For next time:

Bring in your printed, finished, bound Type Specimen

Bring in 3 options for your book’s content (as explained here)

Week 3 Day 2

Today in class, we are:

Looking at what you have so far for Type Specimens

Refreshing any necessary Indesign skills

Working on the Type Specimen exercise

For next class:

Finish the Type Specimen exercise
(create pages/spreads for at least half of the typefaces in the list)

Create a cover for your Type Specimen (according to the directions here) wait on this

Type 1 Week 3 Day 1

Today in class, we are:

Turning in the digital Space Exercise

Turning in the Word Space Exercise

Talking about Indesign

Starting a new exercise

For next time:

Make progress on the Type Specimen Exercise.
Get at least __ typefaces done.

Week 2 Day 2

Today in Type, we are:

Talking about Type Classification

Doing an exercise on Type Classification

Working on our Words exercise

Talking about the results of our Letter exercise

For next time:

Finish the Words exercise

Finish the Digital Letter exercise

Read, in Thinking with Type:
Letter – Back to Work (10–32)

Week 2 Day 1

Today in class, we are:

Starting an exercise on Space between letters and words

Talking about some type basics

Working

For next time:

Finish the Letter Space and Word Space exercises

Read, in Thinking with Type, Anatomy – Capitals & Small Capitals (36–52)

Week 1 Day 2

Today in class, we are:

Talking about the two readings from last time.

Beginning a new series of exercises.

For next time:

Finish the Digital Letter Space exercise. Save the file to Google Drive (or a flash drive or hard drive) and make sure you have it before class.

Read Type Basics from A Type Primer

Day 1

Today in Type 1, we’re going to:

Talk about the course overall + the syllabus

Talk about readings for next time

For next class:

Read Craig Mod’s essay about margins and Audrey Bennett’s standards for design in a socially conscious-age.