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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

Technical Paper Specification Sheet - fill this out prior to coming to lecture

Please staple the Specification Sheet to the front of your paper prior to coming to lecture on the due date.

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: Robin Williams Design Workshop, 2nd Edition, by Robin Williams and John Tollett

GrC 218 References

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)

CRITIQUE SHEET for Technical Paper

Technical Paper Specifications (staple to Technical Paper prior to submitting)

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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