Black Board Cutting & Mounting

Craftsmanship is very important!! Mount your work appropriately!


Materials: 
• exacto knife with extra blades
• studiotac dry adhesive or spray mount
• T-square
• cutting mat
• black board
• fine sand paper block.


Process: 
• Make sure you have a clean work area
• When attaching the paper, make sure to use a roller or something similar to flatten your paper into the board so that there are no air bubbles. 
• When measuring, make sure your pencil marks are light and accurate. 
• When cutting, use a repetitive motion with several light cuts instead of trying to go through the thickness of the board at once. 
• After the project is mounted, make sure to use the sand board to smooth the edges if necessary
• Make sure that there are no visible glue or pencil marks. 
• Make sure that you leave a nice margin all the way around, don’t crowd your board. 
• Make sure that the backs of your boards are clean and with you identification label. 
• Make sure that the boards are consistent throughout.


As a quick reference, take a look at this GSU student's video. She covers the steps to mount your boards for presentation. I will go into a little more detail in class, but you can always refer back to this video if you have too!

http://youtu.be/Aq2sJ1kUdHs

Alex gave us another example

Some Examples for Project #1

Free 27 Page Type Classification eBook

The design is visually busy, but there's lots of good information here!

http://justcreativedesign.com/featured-articles/type-classification-ebook/

New Handouts: Type Anatomy & Type Classification

Check out the helpful links for these study guides. They cover the materials that are not in your textbook.

Typeface + Typestyles = Typefamilies

Font and Typeface?

Type Tips, Typography Basics | Yves Peters | September 11, 2008 | fontfeed.com

As we’re collaborating with multiple authors on the FontFeed, we compiled a list of guidelines for ourselves and guest contributors. One of our concerns is that we should attempt to “speak the same language” when using typographic and related terms. Because these terms evolved over a considerable period of time and saw several transitions in technology, they can sometimes be interpreted in varying ways. This resulted in a terminology that is often perceived as at best esoteric, at worst plain confusing.

The first terminology we agreed upon was in which situations we’d use font and whentypeface. Mark Simonson once recapped it handsomely in this discussion on Typophile. The gist of it is that

the physical embodiment of a collection of letters, numbers, symbols, etc. (whether it’s a case of metal pieces or a computer file) is a font. When referring to the design of the collection (the way it looks) you call it a typeface.

Nick Sherman used an interesting analogy in a comment on Typographica’s Our Favorite Typefaces of 2007:

The way I relate the difference between typeface and font to my students is by comparing them to songs and MP3s, respectively (or songs and CDs, if you prefer a physical metaphor).

Stephen Coles agrees:

When you talk about how much you like a tune, you don’t say: “That’s a great MP3”. You say: “That’s a great song”. The MP3 is the delivery mechanism, not the creative work; just as in type afont is the delivery mechanism and a typeface is the creative work.

 Norbert Florendo commented with this concise explanation:

font is what you use, and typeface is what you see.

More Resources

Website to identify typefaces:

http://www.identifont.com/index.html  

Great article about typography:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/02/15/useful-typography-tips-for-adobe-illustrator/

It's fun practicing kerning

http://type.method.ac/#

Example of letter Anatomy Composition

Very nice composition. Time permitting, we will try an exercise like this!

Letter Anatomy by ~SweetThye

©2011-2012 ~SweetThye

Letter Anatomy

Here is a poster you can print out!!

By http://font.is/2009/07/wallpaper-font-anatomy/

Saving your files

Please use the following directions to name your files for this class, including exercises and projects:


Individual files: lastname_firstname_projectX or lastname_firstname_projectX
                           (example: lord_katia_exercise1)

Folders: lastname_firstname_GRD3150S12
               (example: lord_katia_GRD3150S12)

Save natives and PDF files in the KLord-GRD3150-S2012 folder in shared space by the end of this class period.

Inspiration and/or type Resources

http://ilovetypography.com/ 
Lots of great articles about type - also a lot of links to other type resources.

http://www.fonts.com/
Mostly use to purchase fonts - but has some resources on it as well

http://www.typographyserved.com/
A cool site for inspiration

http://www.rsub.com/typographic/
Cool resources - has some info on the history and evolution of type as well.

More to come as we progress in the class. Please feel free to comment with
more resources or inspirations that you find and want to share regarding
typography and font!

A Lesson in Typography

http://youtu.be/Ki6rcXvUWP0

Welcome to Introduction to Typography

In this course, you will learn the art of designing with type. I hope you develop an appreciation for typography and that you learn how to use it to strengthen your designs. Typography is an integral part of Graphic Design, and masterful use of type separates the really good designers from those who are just so-so...it does make a difference!

For class, you will need the book Designing With Type 5 by James Craig and Irene Korol Scala. Copies can be found in the school bookstore. Another great book that is not required, but is recommended, is Thinking With Type by Ellen Lupton 

Exercises and assignments will also be posted in this blog. You will have numerous exercises over the course of this semester in addition to your major projects. Please check this blog weekly.


For now, that's it! Looking forward to a great semester! See you Wednesday!