typography 1

Art 264 01
Mon/Wed 3:30–5.20
Green Hall, Room 210

Instructor: Julian Bittiner
julian.bittiner@yale.edu
Tel. 203 654-6974
(Office hours: Monday/Wednesday by appointment)

Teacher’s Assistant: Jessica Svendsen
jessica.svendsen@yale.edu
(Lab Hours: Sundays 5-7 pm, Room 211)

Printing resources

For information on printing at the School of Art:
Printer help and Documentation

For digital technology support at the School of Art:
School of Art Digital Technology Office

Printers around campus:
Complete printer List
Public Cluster Printing

Information on printing at the Digital Media Center for the Arts (DMCA):
Digital Media Center for the Arts

Commercial vendor:
Tyco Copy Center
262 Elm Street (203) 562-9723

Art supplies

Hull’s Art Supply & Framing
1144 Chapel Street (203) 865-4855

Class 1
Syllabus: Typography 1 Fall 2012

Class 2
Assignment: 1A: Drawing Letterforms
Assignment templates: 1A Templates

Reference:
Type Anatomy – Lupton
Type Classification – Lupton-Kane
Type Classification – Bringhurst

Reading:
Phil Baines & Andrew Haslam – Type & typography: chapter 3

Class 3
In-class Assignment: 1B: Spacing Letterforms
Templates: 1B Templates
Assignment: 2A: Table of Contents
Templates note these will download : 2A Templates

Reference:
Expressing Hierarchy
Table of Conents – Examples

Class 5
Assignment: 2B: Book Cover
Templates note these will download : 2B Templates

Reference:
Emil Ruder – Variations
Book Cover ‘themes
InDesign keyboard shortcuts

Class 6
Reading: Chapter 8: Shaping the Page – Bringhurst

Class 7
Assignment: 3: Booklet [part 1]
Template note this will download : Layout diagram

Class 8
Assignment: 3: Booklet [part 2]
Template 1: Layout example
Template 2: Layout proportions
Template 3: Type specimen
Reference: John Kane: A Type Primer – Indicating paragraphs

Reading:
Crystal Goblet
John Morgan – Devil in the detail

Class 10
Assignment: 3: Booklet [part 3]
Reference: John Gambell: Points to Consider & Typesetting Checklist

Class 12
Assignment: 3: Booklet [part 4]

Class 13
Reading: Robin Kinross: Judging a book by its material embodiment

Reference:
Openings – Robert Bringhurst: The Elements of Typographic Style
Body and display faces – Josef Müller-Brockmann: Grid systems in graphic design
Page numbers – Josef Müller-Brockmann: Grid systems in graphic design

Class 14
Reference: Size–Format–Stock

Class 18
Assignment: 4: Modular Typeface Poster [part 1]

Class 19
Reading: Wim Crouwel – Typographic Architectures

Class 22
Assignment: 4: Modular Typeface Poster [part 3]
Reference: Calendar Posters

Recommended Reading & Reference

Modern Typography: An Essay in Critical History
Robin Kinross

Unjustified texts: perspectives on typography
Robin Kinross

Design Writing Research:
Ellen Lutpon & J. Abbott Miller

The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst

Type & Typography
Phil Baines & Andrew Haslam

Typographie
Emil Ruder

Grid Systems in Graphic Design
Josef Müller-Brockmann

Notes on Book Design
Derek Birdsall