typography : james o'brien : art institutes international : spring 2007

syllabus and class guidelines

 

lectures

1 : introduction (history & development) : examples : link

2 : anatomy : slides (does not work in safari) : link (needs login, for in-class presentation)

3 : classification & families : classification slides : families example

4 : spacing, alignment, & hierarchy : examples

5 : grid : examples : link : link

 

projects

1 : anatomy : found typography : assignment sheet : link1 : link2

2 : anatomy : self-portrait using type : assignment sheet : worksheet : example : link

3 : anatomy : blending letterforms: assignment sheet : example

4 : anatomy : logotypes : assignment sheet : example

5 : text : grayscale image : assignment sheet : example

6 : text : text area : assignment sheet : link

7 : text : word expression : assignment sheet : example

8 : grid : business card : assignment sheet REVISED : link

9 : grid : song lyric design : assignment sheet : example

 

links

NEW burgues script type guide from veer.com note how the font has been used with graphics throughout the brochure. also how specific words have been chosen that describe the characteristics of the font. graphics work to complement and contrast the type. burgues script is a display font is so for readability purposes, a different font was used for the smaller text.

helvetica the film

alphabet: an exhibit of hand-drawn lettering and experimental typography

the art of versions (check your volume)

typography is a grid

the optimism of modernity

ourtype

emigre

 

 

© 2007 james o'brien