Lined & Unlined

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January 2003

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CHAP’BOOK, n. [See Chap to cheapen.] 1. Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book. 2. A small book or pamphlet containing poems, ballads, stories, or religious tracts. Set Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Library of Babel” in book form. Requirements: The book should not exceed 16 pages, including cover. The book should not be larger than 36p x...

Begin collecting items that are part of a set. Items should be three-dimensional. The governing principal of the set should be formal. No items in the set should be a set on their own. No items should be purchased for inclusion in the set. The entire set should be easily transported. Part 1: Bring in the first item for your set and be prepared to discuss it. Part 2: Bring in a total of seven...

Kerning Exercise

Handout.pdf The handout for this project shows the letters for the words “art school” and a lower-case “i” (used for spacing) set in 136pt. Scala, a digital typeface designed by Martin Majoor in 1991. Set the following three versions of “art school” centered top-to-bottom, left-to-right on separate 84p x 66p sheets of tracing paper: art school Art School ART SCHOOL All three versions should...

Type Comparisons

Purchase a pad of 108p x 144p (18 x 24 in.) drawing paper, pencils, and black tempera paint. Listen to the introduction to each of the related typefaces. Then, select five of these faces to study. Excluding Ii, Jj, or Ll, draw in pencil the contours of the same upper- or lower-case letter for each of your five faces as large and as accurately as possible on the 108p x 144p drawing paper, being...

A Deck of Types

Purchase a pack of 36p x 24p (6 x 4 in.) notecards, unlined. Part 1: On one side of the notecards, draw (in pencil first, then black ink) each of the entries in “Appendix A” (pp. 271–286) of The Elements of Typographic Style as they appear. Make the drawings as large as possible. Then, synthesize Bringhurst’s notes about each of the entries on the other side of the notecards. Part 2: Select a...

This week, find a piece of typography you enjoy, then bring it in to share with the class. Come prepared to discuss this piece of typography, and, if you can, provide some insight into how it was made, what typefaces were used, why you like it, etc. Use your imagination: posters, shopping bags, receipts, books, magazines, or even clothes are all fertile places for typography. This assignment is...

Introduction This course celebrates the rewards of using type to effectively communicate. Typographic principles combined with general history, both aesthetic and technical, will be presented. This class covers every aspect of Western Typography, from the single letter to layout on the page. The terminology of type use combined with all the essential principles of using type correctly will be...