Web Typography
Week 1
Tuesday, September 21 / November 2
Introduction to HTML and CSS
Assignment
1: Word Connotations
Introduction to divs, h1, h2, h3, h4
Introduction of Haiku project
Homework due Thursday:
Work with your team to finish Haiku (2-3-2 or 3-5-3).
Homework due next Tuesday:
Finish Word Connotations.
Post it on your server space.
Read pages 28-35 of Typographic Web Design.
Do the lesson: A Short Bibliography, Part 1.
Post it on your server space.
Thursday, September 23 / November 4
Meet in 310: Letterpress!
Introduction to letterpress.
Set your haiku, lock up, print, clean up.
Homework due next Tuesday (same as above):
Finish web assignments.
Post them on server.
Homework (due next Thursday): READ
- “Good History/Bad History” (7 pages)
- “Principles of The New Typography” (14 pages)
- “The Crystal Goblet or Printing Should be Invisible” (4 pages)
- “The Rules of Typography According to Crackpots Experts” (5 pages)
- “Soup of the Day” (7 pages)
- “On Typishness: This is My Theory, My Theory is Wrong.” (4 pages)
Note: I'm giving you the number of pages so you can plan your time wisely. Expect to spend 8-10 minutes per page. (41 pages x 8 minutes = 5 hours and 47 minutes of reading by a week from today.)
Friday September 24 / November 5
HTML/CSS lab 11:00-1:00 (most Fridays in first lab).
week 2
Tuesday, September 28 / November 9
Assignment
3: A Short Bibliography, Part II
Introduction to font-linking
Google Font
API
Homework due Thursday:
Finish the readings.
Homework due next Tuesday:
Read pages 36-38 (choosing a second font).
Finish Bibliographies.
Post them on your server space.
Read pages 43-47 (creating rhythm and tension).
Thursday, September 30/ Wednesday November 10
Discuss readings, what you plan to write about.
Homework due next Thursday:
First draft of an essay with examples.
Traditional and modern layouts of essay in InDesign.
Friday, October 1 / November 12
HTML/CSS lab 11:00-1:00 (most Fridays in first lab).
week 3
Tuesday, October 5 / November 16
Assignment 4: A is for Alignment.
Thursday, October 7 / November 18
First crit on Traditional and Modern Layouts.
Edit essays.
Homework to do next week:
Refine Traditional and Modern layouts.
Edit and refine essay.
Gather more examples as needed.
Friday, October 8 / November 19
HTML/CSS lab 11:00-1:00 (most Fridays in lab).
Week 4
Tuesday, October 12 / November 23
November date: work in lab finishing A is for Alignment, starting Essay Layout.
Thursday, October 14 / November 25
No class. Catch up as needed.
Friday, October 15 / November 26
No HTML/CSS lab.
Week 5
Tuesday, October 19 / November 30
A is for alignment due.
Work in lab building layouts in HTML/CSS.
Post all work thus far on your server space.
Thursdays October 21 / December 2
Crit layouts. Trouble-shoot.
Friday, October 22 / December 3
HTML/CSS lab 11:00-1:00 (most Fridays in lab).
Week 6
Tuesday, October 26 / December 7
Work in lab refining layouts in HTML/CSS.
Post on your server space.
Thursday, October 28 / December 9
Final crit on layouts.
Post final work next week.
Friday, October 29 / December 10
HTML/CSS lab 12:00-1:00 (most Fridays in lab).
Week 7
Tuesday, November 2
All final web typography files due, in working order (including links!) on your web server by start of class. Go to class with Doug Scott in Room 306.
Tuesday, December 14
Work in lab.
exam week
Morning class
Monday, December 20, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm.
Afternoon class
Wednesday, December 22, 11:30 am – 2:30 pm.