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Important Note: The following are supporting materials for long-form classes that I am currently teaching or have taught in the past. These are meant to be helpful for review after a series of in-person classes, and are not meant in any way to be stand-alone study material nor taken out of context.


Lecture Slides & Videos

Week 1 Lecture: Brief History & Modularity of Letterforms

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Week 2 Lecture: Sketching Methods & Optical Adjustments

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Week 4 Slides: Letterforms as Patterns, Historical Hand Styles, & Resources in NYC

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Week 7 Video : Refining/Digitizing Letterforms

Week 8 Video : Flourishing

Week 9 Video: History of the Latin Alphabet: Part 1

Week 9 Lecture Slides

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Week 10 Video: History of the Latin Alphabet: Part 2

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Chalkboard Demos


Week 1

Lecture: Brief History & Modularity of Letterforms

Exercise: Carolingian calligraphy – Part 1

Assignment: Practice letters learned during class

Week 2

Lecture: Optical Adjustments

Exercise: Carolingian calligraphy – Part 2

Assignment: Carolingian Calligraphy Practice using either n-chains (nanbncndnengn...nynzn) or Pangrams (suggested list)

Week 3

Exercise: Using Various Calligraphy Tools (balsa wood, pipe cleaners, folded pens, etc)

Assignment: Creating words using techniques learned in class

Week 4

Lecture: Historical Overview of Calligraphy Styles, Modularity of Letterform Systems & Inspirational Resources in NYC

Exercise: Sketching Techniques to mimic Translation/Expansion model + TypeCooker

Assignment: Bringing in a self-initiated sketch (with TypeCooker-style receipe attached!), bringing in a typographical reference that will serve as the starting point for next week

Week 5

Demo: Extracting the basic structure from an existing typeface/lettering piece

Demo: changing one or two Parameters (e.g. one of width/height/serifs)

Exercise: Starting with a typeface as your model, sketch a word with changed parameters from your inspirational model

Assignment: Finishing in-class exercise

Week 6

Exercise 1: TypeCooker Exercises based on homework(s)

Exercise 2: Refining one of the typecooker sketches

Assignment: Finishing in-class exercise

Week 7 (Online, transition due to COVID-19)

Lecture: Iterating a Hand-Lettering Piece, Letterform Digitization & Inspirational References

Demo: Pen Point Plotting with Adobe Illustrator

Assignment: Finishing in-class exercise, thinking about final project ideas

Week 8 (Online)

Lecture: History & Anatomy of Flourishing

Assignment: Progress in sketching final project ideas

Week 9 (Online)

Lecture: History of Latin Letterforms: Part 1

Assignment: Finishing final project

Week 10 (Online)

Lecture: History of Latin Letterforms: Part 2 Final Presentations

Post - Class

Lecture: History of Latin Letterforms: Part 3 (bonus lecture!)

Online gallery (TBD)

Course Outline


Reading

Counterpunch (Excerpt) by Fred Smeijers

The Golden Secrets of Lettering by Martina Flor

In Progress by Jessica Hische

Recommended Book List

NYC Lectures, Classes & Events

AIGA NY

The Type Directors Club

Type@Cooper

Society of Scribes

Type Thursday

Archives

Herb Lubalin Study Center

Articles & Links

Alphabettes - commentary by women in type

Bézier Curves and Type Design by Fábio Duarte Martins

Online Inspirational Resources

Fonts in Use

Florian Hardwig’s Flickr Page

Resources

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