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Professor: Andrea Herstowski
Office: 353 Chalmers Hall
Office hours: by appointment

email: herstow@ku.edu

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Final Font

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A: Final Font 1) use something you started earlier in the semster and finish it as an entire font 2) make something new for your full typeface (uppercase, lowercase, numbers, key puncutation, and at least 4 diacritics.

B: Promotional Experience.

* Bonus start thinking about how you will put any or all of this work into your portfolio

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Mondays: One on One Meetings
Wednesday: Large Group

Present promotional experience updates during your one on one meetings.

Check below what on the Goal for that day. I didn't write homework because you can move along at your own pace. Work a lot, work in spurts. I just tried to give some milestones to get done. The Goals are set based on if you are making something new.

* If you already have a head start lets make new goals for you! Think about making a variable or more ligatures etc.

If you are moving slow no pressure but if you are moving along and want to keep going just keep making can look at / cit whatever you have.

If you are moving fast that means you have time to refine a bit or consider making a variable or just have time to work more on your promotion.

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PROOFS
*Use this proof to test your font. Save as as pdf to show in the crits
All Cap Proof | All Lowercase Proof | All Proof | Super proof just for your library

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Monday, Nov 2
Personality letters are due. Meet up at school to look at stuff.
If you can't make it to school no pressure just let me know.

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Wednesday, Nov 4
Meet as a group.
Present what you are going to work on for your final font and any initial thoughts on the final promotion.

Lecture: proof docs
Class lecture... Looking at Cap strokes vs Lowercase.
Exporting your files to Adobe Font Library.

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Monday, Nov 9
One on One
Show a pdf of your proof and the gylphs file.
Proof files are above.
Keep thinking about the promotion piece

Goal: HAMBERGERFONS or handglovesmurf
be aware of consistency in stroke width, consistent thick and thins, use the extrema, write down your dimensions, try fit curve, and start letter spacing

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Wednesday, Nov 11
Present to Class
Show a pdf of your proof and the gylphs file
Keep thinking about the promotion piece
Lecture: refresh.. Dimensions, Fit Curve, Global Spacing. Word Space
Goal: more letters

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Monday, Nov 16
One on One.
Show a pdf of your proof and the gylphs file.
Keep thinking about the promotion piece
Goals: All of the lowercase or caps in Glyphs -- rough is fine.
Goal: Key letters in the other case HAMBURGER or hamburger

Make sure you tests the weight of your upper case vr lowercase strokes.

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Wednesday, Nov 18
Present to Class.
Show a pdf of your proof and the gylphs file.
Goals: All of the lowercase or caps in Glyphs -- rough is fine.
Goals: Key letters in the other case HAMBURGER or hamburger

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Monday, Nov 23
Meet as a class.
Show a pdf of your proof and the gylphs file.
Present what you are working on for the promotion.
Goal: All of the lowercase or caps in Glyphs -- you could still have problem letters
Goal: All of the other case

Over break continue to work on your letters but start the numbers and “ ” ‘ ’. : ; ! ? @ & * { } ( )

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Wednesday, Nov 25
No class. Thanksgiving Break.

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Monday, Nov 30
One on One.
Goal: Refinements
Goal: Numbers and “ ” ‘ ’. : ; ! ? @ & * { } ( )

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Wednesday, Dec 2
Present to Class. Might be a longer class.
Show a pdf of your proof and the gylphs file.

Lecture on accent marks/diacritics. 4 diacritics (accent marks ü, é, ñ...)
Goal: at least 4 diacritics working on all the letters
Goal: refined letter spacing -- do not kern yet! no kerning until the very very end.

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Monday, Dec 7
One on One
Show a pdf of your proof and the gylphs file.
Goal: Refinements
Goal: ligatures fl, fi, ffi, ffl, ae, oe, ....

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Wednesday, Dec 9
Final Class presentation
Goal: Refinements

Class lecture: Kerning Pairs if you have started them -- delete them. Get your spacing working then use kerning pairs.

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Final
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Friday, December 11 at 5pm
We will not meet as a group. Please put everything for the final in one folder on the class google drive. You can hand in your final anytime before Dec. 11. And I am around that week for zoom chats or slack feedback!

1) for your final font make sure you have a final presentation, pdf of a proof, font file, glyphs file

2) promotional experience... pdf or Online

3) please put a PACAKGED file of your promotional experience on the google drive (packaged has the fonts, images, pdf, and indesign file

ALSO!!! please make sure I have your glyphs files and final presentations for each of the exercises -- THANKS!!!

Portfolio it isn't required that you put this into your portfolio but if you are thinking about it please take a stab at how it would look online and how you could present it in a pdf in an interview. Send me what you are thinking for feedback now, over winterbreak or next semester there isn't a time limit.

 

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