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Class 1

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: First Day handout and general class info
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 2

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: The written language and origin of  letterforms
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 3

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Intro to Classification of Type: Serif/Sans Serif/Script/Display
    How to Access Typefaces (web and print) Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts, etc
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 4

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Intro to Project 1: Type Book
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 5

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Basic Type Related Vocabulary 1: Baseline/capline/ x-height/lowercase/uppercase/ ascender/descender, etc.
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 6

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: More on Classification of Type: Serif/Sans Serif/Script/Display
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 7

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Variations: width, weight, posture, contrast, serif
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 8

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Alignment–FL, FR, Center, Justify
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 9

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Space: Line Length  (or leading), Word Space (kerning & tracking)
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 10

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Type on a PATH / How to do a cover
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 11

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: How to Complete Book (Package files/Binding)
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 12

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: PRESENTATIONS PROJECT 1
    Start conversation about Expressive Type
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 13

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Intro to Project 2
    • Expressive Type (with Typefaces)
    • Research and sketching
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 14

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Expressive Type (with Typefaces)
    • Moving into the computer
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 15

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Lettering and Word Experimentation
    • Research and sketching
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 16

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Lettering and Word Experimentation
    • Next Steps: Individual Approach–What is the best way to create your lettering
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 17

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Lettering and Word Experimentation
    • Prepare for presentation
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 18

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Presentations Project 2
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 19

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: TBD
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 20

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Color and Texture in Typography /Legibility
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 21

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: The Typographical Grid
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 22

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Visual Hierarchy
    Intro Project 3: Posters and Social Media Posts
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 23

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Continue Project 3: Poster 1 and 2
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 24

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Continue Project 3: Poster 3 – Text Wrap
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 25

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Continue Project 3: Color – Social Media
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 26

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Continue Project 3: Type in Motion – Social Media
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 27

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Continue Project 3: DUE next class
    How to Prepare for presentations and final submissions
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 28

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Project 3: Presentations and Submissions
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 29

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Wrap up class activities
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant

Class 30

Day & Date

  • Meeting Info: Add online details or in-person location
  • Topic: Last class
  • Activities: Add assignments, activities
  • Due Dates: Add due dates, as relevant
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