Final Project

Nazlı Şenerdi,
Yuliya Ladignia,
Cihan Önder,

Thinking With Type

One of the important sites for typography
www.papress.com/thinkingwithtype/

For May11th.

Prepare yourselves for the presentations. Each student should be doing it approximately for 15-20 minutes. You are also required to give hard copy of the presentations.
In addition to presentations, you should bring the final draft of the posters.
Also at the final day (May 18th) every student should submit the whole year work in CD. Works should be written in pdf and JPEG formats.

Site for typography/site for your typefaces

Please take a look at this site; you may find it helpful. Something about typeface and type designers.
http://www.identifont.com/

Final presentations:

Everybody submit their written report on May 11th. which is the last class meeting.

Final Project: Type and its designer.

Project4: Logotype design

Cihan Önder

Project 3

Cihan Onder,
Emir Anarat

Project 2

Burcu Arsoy

Project 1

Ezgi Yildirim

Project 3: Type design from logotype

With this project we will be designing the whole alphabet out of a logotype. After choosing a logotype develop the drawings of the missing characters ‘A’ to ‘Z' and ‘a’ to ‘z’. Refine the outlines of your studies as much as possible. You can use tracing paper, scans and other techniques.
Size: Please use 72pt. or larger typesize on A4 size paper.
One with logotype one with developed alphabet

Given date: March, 9th.
Due date: April, 6tht.

Project 2: Typographic Poster

I would like you to experiment with typographic parameters. This project is about typographic exploration. Be prepared to for challenging unconventional reading and kinetic visual experience. Use word “Type” as a visually active element. Also use one of the letters in an active way. Consider composition, read path, and syntactic and kinetic relations. Be creative and experimental. NOTE: Do not use display typefaces. Limit yourselves to Sans Serif or Serif faces. These typefaces may also be used together. Size: 40/40cm.

Given date: February 23rd.
Due date:March 16th.

Project 1: Page Layout

Designing with text

As you all know the pages of a book and the type under a headline are usually composed for easy reading. When much textual information introduced in a layout, one starts dealing with the overall look of the text block. The designer can control the look of the text block by specifying point size, type face, letter spacing, word spacing and other aspects of it. Text may be centred, asymmetrical, left or right aligned. Consider all those aspects of it. Design your given text according to readability rules.

Do not forget; text should be readable and legible but that does not mean it should be boring. Consider applying rules but make it inviting also.


Size: Two A4 size paper. (A spread)



Given Date: February 2nd.
Due to: February 23rd.

Project Examles

Principles

Course Objectives:
.Present typography as a mode of transmission of thoughts, ideas, and facts.
.Define elements of typography, systems of measurement and production techniques.
.Describe formal, technical and aesthetic qualities of type and arrangements.
.Present basic evolution, classification and comparison of various type styles.
Projects:
Each class you are expected to bring necessary material to work. I am expecting you to use class time effectively.
Projects will be evaluated on the basis of concept, design, use of tools, and craftsmanship.
Due Dates:
All work is expected to be completed by the due dates. Late projects will not be accepted.
Class Participation:
Class participation is important in learning process. Classroom interaction is very helpful to everybody.
Students will be expected to participate in all class activities. Lectures, discussions and critiques will take place regularly.
Grading:
Grading will be based on assigned projects, craft, concept, exploration, sketching, class participation and involvement.
Projects: % 80
Class Participation: %10
Presentation: % 10
Attendance:
Attendance to all class meetings is required. There will be something new taught every class meeting.
So you will come to class and be prepared to work! According to department policy students who miss more than 20% the classes (3 classes) be failed. Attendance will be taken in each class. Missed classes will lower your final grade.

Gra-212.spring course plan

Week: Subjects Covered
1. (February 2rd.) Layout/Project 1: Digital typesetting; issues of legibility readability
(A spread)
2. (February 9th.) Modern and traditional layout
3. (February 16th.) Work in progress.
4. (February 23rd.) Presenting Project 1/Project 2: Expressive layout (Poster)
5. (March 2nd.) Class work:1 Expressive layout
6. (March 9th.) Work in progress.
7. (March 16th.) Presenting Project 2/Project 3: Type design out of logo
8. (March 23rd.) Work in progress.
9. March 30th.) Work in progress.
10. (April 6th.) Presenting Project 3/Project 4: Logo design
11. (April 13th.) Holiday
12. (April 20th.) Presenting Project 4/Project 5: Type face and type designer study
13. (April 27th.) Work in progress. (Presentations)
14. (May 4th.) Work in progress. (Presentations)
15. (May 11th.) Work in progress.