A I, The Art Institutes International Minnetota
Tim Armato: Winter Quarter 2010: Typography

 

 

 

Typography

 

Syllabus

Approved Font List

Links

 

Homework 1
Traced Letter Composition

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Font sheets:
Didot, Futura, Baskerville, Hoefler, Gill Sans

Homework 2
Traced Letter Composition (Illustrator)

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Illustrator Pen Tool handout

Homework 3
Letterform History

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Citation resources: Citation Machine - Online Writing Lab

fonts.com Letter Series letterform history (a place to START your research)

Homework 4
Body Text Compositions

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Use this text for the assignment. Here are a few of the examples we looked at in class 1, 2, 3, 4.

Homework 5
Rebus

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Homework 6
Logo

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Homework 7

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Homework 8
Typeface Poster

Design an 11 x 17 poster to promote a typeface. You must choose a face from the Approved Font List. Include a specimen of every character in the font. Include a paragraph discussing the history of the font. CITE YOUR SOURCES! There will be no tollerance of plagiarism!

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Citation resources: Citation Machine - Online Writing Lab

Links

General Resources

Letterform Anatomy

 

Articles & Journals

Fun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you notice problems with any of these pages, please let me know! tarmato (at) aii (dot) edu