Typography

ARTG 3184 Typography, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Art and Art History

Project 1A: Found Type Compositions (6 x 6 inches) Students trace over found type examples that they have scanned into the computer. They gain experience drawing letterforms with the Bézier tool. From these vector drawings the students create experimental type compositions, exploring texture and composition.

Meley Araya

Mike Mobley, Matthew Cook, Melanie Perez, Jessica Barringer

Project 1B: Editorial Students apply their experimentations.

Irina Bakalenko, Curtis Petraglia

Jessica Barringer, Maranda Elwood Project 1D: Random Words Students randomly select two words from a dictionary. They imagine and visualize a narrative relationship between the two words, using the full words, their definitions, and images. Jessica Barringer "Roaster/Contemplation" Mike Mobley "Glorify/Shamefaced," Curtis Petraglia "Propaganda/Gramophone" Robert Williams "Courageous/Isobar"

Project 2: Book Cover and Interior Students choose a novel and redesign the book's format and margins, the cover and three interior spreads: colophon/title; chapter 1; two-page full interior text.

Matthew Cook

Curtis Petraglia

Project 3: Type Poster Students choose a typeface and create a poster about their relationship to the face: 34 x 48 inches.

Meley Araya, Tegan Anderson, Robert Williams, David Banemanivong