Course
Typography II
Year
2020 Other Typography II Projects
Typeset Books – Copyright Law
Screen Typography – Intro to Processing
Type in Space – COVID-19 Edition
Anatomy of a {Letterform’s} Murder
Description
Select one of these 13 most common verbs in the English language
be, have, do, say, get, make, go, know, take, see, come, think, look
Select a single word or very short phrase to add after your selected verb to make a meaningful statement.
Print the words large on 11×17 paper, black & white, quality fonts.
Using physically manipulated (bent, folded, wrinkled, etc) printouts (you can print out as many as you want. Type only.), capture a wide range of high-quality photographs. You should end up with 40-50 photos to choose from.
Make most of these abstract. But also make at least one of these should be a paper airplane.
Project Goals
- Play with typographic form
- Experimentation with typographic anatomy and classification
- Practice moving between real-space and on-screen
- Have fun for the class period before leaving for spring break