Subject to minor changes

WEEK 1:
Class 1:
- Syllabus overview
- Class website overview
- Grading policy overview
- Class Rules overview
- History of Typography
Class 2:
- Famous art styles from the beginning of the 20 Century, and their font faces
- Typeface (or Type Family) vs. Font
- Type Classifications
- Type Anatomy
- Type Measurements and Spacing
- Learning InDesign - beginning

WEEK 2:
Class 1:
- Free fonts
- Variable fonts
- Grid
- Learning InDesign
Class 2:
- Fontface styles and variations
- Good/bad fonts
- Text alignment
- Learning InDesign
- Starting project 1 - TYPOGRAPHY BOOKLET

WEEK 3:
Class 1:
- Learning InDesign
- Working with variable fonts in InDesign
- Working on the Typography Booklet Project
Class 2:
- RGB vs. CMYK
- Learning InDesign
- Working on the Typography Booklet Project

WEEK 4:
Class 1:
No class
Class 2:
- Working on the Typography Booklet Project

WEEK 5:
Class 1:
- The Key Elements of a Magazine Layout
- Learning InDesign
- Working on the Typography Booklet Project
Class 2:
- What is a good magazine page design?
- Working on the Typography Booklet Project

WEEK 6:
Class 1:
- Learning InDesign
- Finishing working on the Typography Booklet Project
Class 2:
Typography Booklet Project presentation
Starting project 2: EXPRESSIVE TYPOGRAPHY, Part 1
Part 1

WEEK 7:
Class 1:
- Checking sketches, choosing idea for each of 4 words
Intro to Illustrator
- Vector graphics vs. Raster graphics
- Work area, tools and panels
- Working with text (beginning)
- Basic shapes (Measurements)
- Anchor points and paths
Class 2:
Learning Illustrator
- Transform tools
- Touch tool
- Type on a path and in a shape
- Layers and groups
- The Layers Panel
- Sliced Text in Adobe Illustrator with Pathfinder
- Working on EXPRESSIVE TYPOGRAPHY project, part 2


WEEK 8:
Class 1:
Midterm
Finishing EXPRESSIVE TYPOGRAPHY project
Class 2:
- Design Process
- Two ways to make grid in Illustrator
- Typographic hierarchy
- Starting project TYPOGRAPHY POSTER, thumbs

WEEK 9:
Class 1:
- Smart Typography in Poster Design
- Working on TYPOGRAPHY POSTER, roughs
Class 2:
- Rougs class discussion
- TYPOGRAPHY POSTER, start and finish working on comps
Submission - 4/4

WEEK10:
Class 1:
Media and Guidelines for Screen Media Channels
InDesign interactive projects discussion
DIGITAL BOOKLET PROJECT explanation
Class 2:
- DIGITAL BOOKLET PROJECT, thums
- InDesign: Paragraph styles

WEEK 11:
Class 1:
- DIGITAL BOOKLET PROJECT, layout rough
- InDesign: Interactivity beginning
Class 2: - DIGITAL BOOKLET PROJECT, working in InDesign
- InDesign: Interactivity continuation


WEEK 12:

WEEK 13:

WEEK 14:
Class 1:
Class 2:

WEEK 15:
Class 1:
Class 2: Portfolio day