Type Design I
DSD-3611-F
209 E 23 St, Room 304
September 05, 2017–
December 12, 2017
Tuesday 03:20PM – 06:10PM
Readings
19.5.17
WISYWIG by Michael Rock
The Persistence of Posters by Andrew Blauvelt
29.12.17
The Vignelli Cannon
The Debate (pg. 19–42)
▸Tobias Frere-Jones on Wim Crouwel
▸Dutch Profile: Jan van Toorn
39.19.17
Thoughts on Design by Paul Rand
Paul Rand: A Designers Words
Confusion and Chaos by Paul Rand
710.17.17
Style is not a Four Letter Word by Mr. Keedy
Kalman v. Duffey
The Self-righteous vs the Self-serving by Michael Rock
1111.14.17
James Goggin: The Matta Clark Complex
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
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++
Established 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)
Newer Foundries & Contemporaries
Grilli Type
Swiss Typefaces
Colophon Foundry
Radim Pesko
Milieu Grotesque
Schick Toikka
Camelot Typefaces
Medium Extra Bold
Or Type