— 9:50–10:00 — Demo: Zoom
— 10:00–10:15 — Please fill out this questionnaire
— 10:15–10:45 — Introductions / Ritual
— 10:45–11:00 — Group Agreement
— 11:00–11:05 — 5 min break
— 11:05–11:35 — E1a: Zoom background
— 11:35–12:00 — Review syllabus
— 12:00–12:15 — Review support
— 12:15–12:30 — Demo: Slack, join here!
— 12:30–1:00 — E1b: Slack avatar
— 1:00–1:30 — lunch break
— 1:30–2:30 — Lecture & Discussion: What is typography?
— 2:30–2:35 — 5 min break
— 2:35–3:05 — E1c: Abstract Compositions, Part 1
— 3:05–3:35 — E1d: Abstract Compositions, Part 2
— 3:35–3:40 — 5 min break
— 3:40–4:00 — Presentations: Sign-up here
For next week...
— Read Silas Munro’s Typography as a Radical Act
— Read Ellen Lupton’s Letter, sections Anatomy, Size, Scale, Type Classification, Type Families
— Has everyone gotten access to InDesign?
— Has everyone signed up for a presentation?
— 9:50–10:20 — rose, bud, thorn
— 10:20–10:35 — student presentation
— 10:35–11:00 — Pop Quiz! Letter Anatomy
— 11:00–11:05 — 5 min break
— 11:05–11:20 — Book Demo: Jurriaan Schrofer
— 11:20–12:00 — E2a: Spreadsheet Typeface
— 12:00–12:05 — 5 min break
— 12:05–1:20 — E2b: Collective Publication
— 1:20–1:50 — lunch break
— 1:50–2:10 — E2b: Collective Publication , cont’d
— 2:10–2:40 — Lecture: More Typography
For next week...
— Thinking with Type, Text: Kerning, Tracking, Line Spacing, Alignment
— If it’s your week, prepare your presentation.
— 9:50–10:00 — Warm-up, everyone pick one stretch
— 10:00–10:15 — Student presentation (Priya)
— 10:15–11:00 — P1: Booklet begins, Part 1
— 11:00–11:05 — break
— 11:05–11:30 — P1: Booklet, Part 1
— 11:30–12:00 — Intro: Lecture, Thinking with Type, Grids
— 12:00–12:05 — break
— 12:05–12:30 — Demo: InDesign
— 12:30–1:00 — lunch break
— 1:00–3:45 — in-class working time — the Zoom link will be open the entire time if you’d like a one-on-one
— 3:45–4:00 — Naming and organizing your files
for next week...
— finish P1: Booklet, Part 1. Drop 5 PDFs into Slack; NOT the packaged folder.
— finish P1: Booklet, Part 2. Drop 5 PDFs into Slack; NOT the packaged folder.
— Ice and Azaria, please prepare your presentations
— 9:50–10:05 — Ice’s presentation
— 10:05–11:00 — Excerise: Spotted!
— 11:00–1:00 — 3-on-1 small group meetings, critiques for Part 1 and Part 2, sign up here)
— 1:00–1:30 — lunch break
— 1:30–3:30 — 3-on-1 small group meetings, cont’d
— 3:30–4:00 — Review: Typesetting Checklist
for next week...
— P1: Booklet, Part 3
—9:50–3:45 — one-on-ones, sign-up here
— 9:50–10:30 — Presentations by Azaria and Paris
— 10:30–11:00 — P1 presentations for 5 students
— 11:00–11:05 — 5 min break
— 11:05–11:35 — P1 presentations for 5 students
— 11:35–11:40 — 5 min break
— 11:40–12:10 — P1 presentations for 5 students
— 12:10–12:20 — P1, on pause and next steps
— 12:20–1:00 — P2 Kick-Off + randomizer + brainstorm
— 1:00–1:30 — lunch break
— 1:30–2:15 — Demos: Illustrator + Typekit
— 2:15–4:00 — E5: Recreate this Poster
— 9:50–10:30 — Presentations by Emily and Gia
— 10:30–10:35 — Sign up for three-on-ones that will take place during the rest of class
— 10:35–4:00 — come into the Zoom during your small group meetings
— 9:50–10:30 — Presentations by Deena and Yvette
— 10:30–10:35 — Sign-up for one-on-ones and mid-semester check-ins that will take place during the rest of class
— 10:35–3:30 — One-on-one mid-semester check-ins + critique
— 9:50–10:10 — Presentation by Ro
— 10:10–10:40 — Looping back to P1: cover and chapter pages
— 10:40–10:45 — sign up for three-on-one small group meetings
— 10:45–10:50 — break
— 10:50–4:00 — three-on-one small group meetings
— 9:50–10:10 — Presentation by John
— 10:10–11:00 — P2 Final Presentations
— 11:00–11:05 — break
— 11:05–12:00 — P2 Final Presentations, cont’d
— 12:00–12:05 — break
— 12:05–1:00 — EC: P1 covers and chapter pages
No homework this week! Next week we’ll start P3 and learn begin to learn HTML/CSS.
Carl, please prepare your presentation.
— 9:50–10:15 — Presentation by Carl
— 10:15–10:20 — Download the text editor VS Code. Note: Apple computers have a note-taking software called “Text Editor”. This is misleading! This text editor does not format for HTML and CSS, which is why we are downloading a third party application.
— 10:20–11:00 — Intro to HTML
— 11:00–11:05 — break
— 11:05–12:00 — Intro to HTML, cont’d
— 12:00–12:05 — break
— 12:05–1:00 — E8: Markup Myself
— 1:00–1:30 — lunch break
— 1:30–1:45 — Intro to the Artfiles Server
— 1:45–2:30 — Intro to P3: Manifesto
— 2:30–2:35 — break
— 2:35–3:00 — final wrap-up for P1 booklets extra credit
For next week...
— refer to the instructions in the P3 doc to complete two sketches in InDesign or Illustrator
— watch the Basics of HTML by Laurel Schwulst
— Ria and Shef, your presentations have been moved to the last week of class with Lucy.
— Visiting Guest: Emma Rae Norton
— 10:00–12:00 — Hand Coding Round Robin workshop led by Emma Rae Bruml Norton
— 12:00–12:30 — lunch break
— 12:30–1:30 — Intro to CSS plus Emma’s guide here
— 1:30–3:30 — in-class work time
For the next two weeks, continue building your webpages.
Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break!
Ria, Shef, Lucy, your presentations will be on the last day of class.
no class this week
— 10:00–12:00 — optional office hours for technical support, sign-up here
— 12:00–1:00 — presentations by Shef, Ria, and Lucy
— 1:00–1:30 — break
— 1:30–2:20 — E10: Favicon
— 2:20–2:25 — break
— 2:25–2:35 — end-of-semester survey
— 2:35–3:00 — optional Ria, Priya, Emily, Ice, Paris share their printed P1: Booklet
— 3:00–4:00 — final presentations for P3: Manifesto