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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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