Course Information
Type Design II
DSD-3612-C
January 10, 2017–April 25, 2017
Tuesday 03:00PM–05:50PM
209 E 23 St, Room 506

Readings
Week 1 — 1.10.17
Designer as Author by Michael Rock

Week 2 — 1.17.17
Fuck Content by Michael Rock

Week 3 — 1.24.17
The Crystal Goblet by Beatrice Warde

Week 4 — 1.31.17
Bob Gill Lecture: Offset 2013

Week 5 — 2.7.17
Graphic Design in the Postmodern Era by Mr. Keedy

Week 6 — 2.14.17
Typeface Mechanics: 001 by Tobias Frere Jones
Typeface Mechanics: 002 by Tobias Frere Jones

Week 7 — 2.21.17
Research and Destroy by Daniel van der Velden

Week 8 — 2.28.17
Ira Glass on Taste

Week 9 — 3.14.17
Brand as Voice and Hearing Voices by Michael Rock and Paul Elliman

Week 10 — 3.21.17
Interview with Experimental Jetset

Week 11 — 3.28.17
Resources for those
looking for internships

Week 12 — 4.4.17
Interview with Experimental Jetset: Scratching the Surface

Week 13 — 4.11.17
Settling on Acumin, Offscreen’s new typeface

Week 14 — 4.18.17
TK

Week 15 — 4.25.17
TK

Suggested Books
Typographie: A Manual of Design by Emil Ruder
The New Typography by Jan Tschichold
Grid Systems / Raster Systeme by Josef Müller-Brockmann
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
Detail In Typography by Jost Hochuli
The Typographic Desk Reference By Theo Rosendorf
Designing Type by Karen Cheng
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees by Robert Irwin
Design and Crime (And Other Diatribes) by Hal Foster
Multiple Signatures by Michael Rock
Design as Art by Bruno Munari
Designing Type by Karen Cheng

Suggested Websites
Butterick’s Practical Typography
Don’t Fear the Internet: Basic HTML & CSS for Non-Web Designers by Jessica Hische & Russ Maschmeyer
The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web
Programming Design Systems

Typography References
Classics
ITC
Monotype
Font Shop
Linotype
URW++

Newer Foundries & Independent Type Designers
Commercial Type
Klim Type Foundry (Kris Sowersby)
Optimo
Lineto
Our Type
Tobias Frere-Jones
Hoefler & Co.
Production Type
Letters From Sweden
Playtype
Bold Monday
A2 Type
Open Foundry (decent, free fonts)

NKOTB
Grilli Type
Swiss Typefaces
Colophon Foundry
Radim Pesko
Milieu Grotesque
Schick Toikka
Camelot Typefaces
Medium Extra Bold
Or Type