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“For me, typography is a triangular relationship between design idea, typographic elements, and printing technique.”

Wolfgang Weingart

 


 
 


GrC 218 - Digital Typography

Typographic Trivia:

Upper and lower case letters are named “upper” and “lower” because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the lower case letters.

GrC 218 Handouts

Personal ID Helpers (envelope flaps-AI files, copy for letter, CD templates)

GrC 218 Textbooks

Required: The Complete Manual of Typography by James Felici

Recommended: InDesign Type: Professional Typography with Adobe InDesign CS2 by Nigel French

Recommended: The Non-Designer's Design & Type Book, Deluxe Edition, by Robin Williams

GrC 218 Links

Adobe TV – Export from InDesign to SWF

40+ Excellent Free Fonts for Professional Design (Smashing Magazine)

60 Beautiful Business Cards

Type Directors Club

InDesign Secrets

Ten Typographical Mistakes Everyone Makes

Essays by Ellen Lupton

More from Ellen Lupton

Articles on Typography from Typophile Icons in the Industry

John D. Berry’s blog

More articles about fonts at creativepro.com.

Thomas Phinney’s blog

The ABC Typography virtual museum of typography

Typophile

I Love Typography

Typographica

FontLover

Typotheque

Planet Typography

Typography on Wikipedia (cooler info than you’d expect)

Diacritics Project (how to design and why to use diacritical marks)

TypeCulture

FontShop

Typography for the Web

One of my favorite books has a companion web site: Bembo's Zoo

Typography for Books, The Crystal Goblet – Beatrice Warde

 

GrC 218 Essentials

CD Templates (244 kb zipped folder)

 

Online Resume Articles

36 Beautiful Resume Ideas That Work 

Make a Good Resume Look as Good as the Content (WSJ.com article)

10 Ways Your Resume Irks Hiring Managers

Degrees of hire-ability - aiga.com

Insights on writing your resume - aiga.com

Ten common mistakes in resumes and cover letters - aiga.com

How to find your first job - aiga.com

AIGA Annual Student Portfolio Review - aiga.com

Etc.

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