Study Topics

Layout & Typography I  »  Spring 2010  »  Mon & Wed  »  8:00 to 9:50 AM


Week Topics Resources
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  1. History of Typography
  2. Typographic Communication
  
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  1. Font Management
  2. Adobe InDesign
  
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  1. Page Elements
  2. The Grid
  
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  1. Typographic Terminology
  2. Typographic Spacing
  
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  1. Type Arrangements
  2. Typesetting
  
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  1. Typographic Errors
  
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  1. Appointments
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  1. Spring Break
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Key Concepts / Skills

  1. Typographic Communication
    Appropriateness
    Readability
    Legibility
  2. Typographic Terminology
    Anatomy
    Measurement
  3. Typographic Errors
    Widows
    Orghans
    Lack of Ligatures
    Prime Marks Vs. Quotes
    Faux Italic & Faux Bold
    Extreme hypenation
    Uncorrected rag
    Baseline Alignment
  4. Typesetting
  5. Page Elements
    Body Copy
    Folios
    Gutter
    Head & Footer
    Callout
    Columns
  6. The Grid
    Margins
    Baseline Grid
    Type/Image Ratio
  7. Typographic Spacing
    Kerning
    Letterspacing
    Wordspacing
    Leading
  8. Type Arrangements
    Flush Left - Ragged Right
    Flush Right - Ragged Left
    Justified
    Centered
  9. Adobe InDesign
    Master Pages
    Character & paragraph Styles
    Placing artwork
    Cropmarks & tiling
    Packaging files
    Spot or Process Colors
    Soft & Hard Returns
  10. Font Management
    Activating & deactiviting fonts
    Font formats