Category Archives: Typography
Typography: Type Tracing
Assignment #02: Type Tracing One way to become familiar with different characteristics of various kinds of type is to draw them. It not only gives you a better idea of how the letters are formed and what makes them different, but what it takes to draw them well. As you will read in the article [...]
Posted in Typography Leave a comment
Luca Barcellona’s Amazing Calligraphy
Calligraphy is certainly related to typography, but it’s not something we practice all that often. (Certainly not often enough.) This guy is GOOOOD. Legacy of Letters from Luca Barcellona on Vimeo.
Also posted in Video, check this out... Leave a comment
Typography: Type Terms
Assignment #01: Vocabulary Typography has a language all it’s own. Just so we’re all on the same page, you’ll need to learn it. Look up the typographic definitions to these terms so we can use them throughout the semester. (You will find many of these definitions in your book, Thinking With Type by Ellen Lupton, [...]
Posted in Typography Leave a comment
Typography: Check this out
01. Go to FontShop’s new educational page, and then check out the PDF called “Meet Your Type.” (click the PDF link and choose “Save Link to desktop” or something like that.) 02. Read the PDF. Make some notes to talk about during class on Wednesday. 03. Check out more of the FontShop site. It’s a [...]
Also posted in check this out... Leave a comment
Welcome Back – Fall 2010
Hi everyone. Welcome back to RSU. As you can see, it’s been a busy summer. We have an all new Graphic Design Lab, two great new studios downstairs for painting, printmaking, drawing, etc., top-of-the-line photography labs, an amazing new gallery, and an awesome building housing it all. You have a Wacom tablet at your computer. [...]
Also posted in graphic design 1, graphic design 3, school info Leave a comment
Typography: Frankentype