Contents
COMD Student Resources
https://www.citytech.cuny.edu/communication-design/student-resources.aspx
COMD Advisement
Type Design Portals
- Typeroom Showcasing outstanding typographic works from around the globe
- Typographic Posters Archive of contemporary global typographic poster
- Type Directors Club
- Typewolf Typography inspiration.
- Letterform Archive 60,000 items, lettering, typography, calligraphy, graphic design, spanning thousands of years of history.
- Fontology
- Type Connection curated type resources
- Typographica
- Typography Guru
Free Fonts
- https://www.fontsquirrel.com
- 1001freefonts.com
- fontspace.com
- fontshop.com
- http://www.dafont.com
- The Met fonts
- Cooper Hewitt
- Google Fonts
- https://goofonts.com/
https://www.typewolf.com/google-fonts - https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont
Type Management
- Fontbook
- Adobe Fonts (Adobe Type Kit)
Type Foundries
The following list is just a few of the major type foundries where you can purchase fonts, or in some cases download them for free.
- https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts
- https://www.fontsmith.com/blog/2016/06/29/the-a-z-of-typographic-terms
- www.agfamonotype.com
Typeface Anatomy
Measurements and Sizes
Kerning/Tracking
Leading
Typeface Classification
Color Resources
Grid Resources
Typography Reading
Typography Games
Typeface Identification
Typeface Pairing
Expressive Typography Publication Design
Typography Videos
Type 3 OER
Textures
Textures 2
Creative Process
Creative Projects Research Information
Textures
http://www.fusionplate.com/4084/amazing-free-polygon-background-packs/
https://pixabay.com/images/search/texture/
https://unsplash.com/backgrounds/art/texture
https://www.pexels.com/search/textures
Course Drives
Dropbox page on course site
Helvetica Movie at City Tech Library
https://cuny-ny.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CUNY_NY/1b4dhg8/alma9994392614606136
Social Feeds
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Using Adobe Creative Cloud
Install on your computer
https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/using/install-apps-number-of-computers.html
synch your files
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/sync-creative-cloud-files.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/get-started.html
Adobe fonts
https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/using/activate-fonts-desktop.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/add-fonts.html
InDesign Resources
Video Overview InDesign
InDesign User Guide:
Adobe InDesign Keyboard shortcuts
InDesign Multi page Doc Set Up
InDesign Change Doc Set Up
InDesign Page Numbering
InDesign Style Sheet Resources
Set Existing Text to Style Sheet
Mac Shortcut PDF
Windows Shortcut PDF
After Effects User Guide
InDesign Resources
Video Overview InDesign
InDesign User Guide:
Adobe InDesign Keyboard shortcuts
InDesign Multi page Doc Set Up
InDesign Change Doc Set Up
InDesign Page Numbering
InDesign Style Sheet Resources
Set Existing Text to Style Sheet
Mac Shortcut PDF
Windows Shortcut PDF
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning, formerly known as Lynda.com, is an online educational site that features thousands of courses and video tutorials where you can discover, complete, and track courses related to your field and interests. Users will need to create accounts
New York Public Library Access
Illustrator Type Challenges
Alternatives via Twitter @XdanielArt
https://twitter.com/XdanielArt/status/1434611199140896772?s=20
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