Welcome to GD114

Attendance Take role. Let waitlist students know whether there will be any seats available or not. Suggest to those who did not get in to speak with our GD Advisor, Arlene McCashew – arlene.mccashew1@pcc.edu. 
NOTE: Inform waitlist students that they need to check their PCC email regularly during this first week in case their is an opening. “This is how I will contact you to offer an open seat.”

Introduction Talk about why typography is going to change the way you look at the world. It's all about the details and it is all around us wherever there are written words. It is the foundation of graphic design. Getting better at typography is a pursuit that will likely span your entire career as a designer. The more adept you get at working with type, the better your designs will be. Strong typography skills take time and practice to develop. You begin your training today.

Lecture/Slides Inspirational Slide Show. Stress the importance of taking notes and keeping a sketchbook (Field Notes).

Course Structure We begin by learning the history of type (today’s reading homework & forthcoming class discussion). Then we will learn what to call the different parts of letterforms (Type Anatomy). Closely related to anatomy is a list of Typographic Terminology that we will discuss and commit to memory. There will be a quiz in 2 weeks on Type Anatomy and quiz in week 9 on Type Terminology (we will discuss the list of terms throughout the course leading up to this quiz).

We will discuss the Classification of Type and use a series of exercises that will train your eyes to recognize the visual differences of typefaces and commit to memory the traits of 12 rock solid typefaces. There will be a quiz in week 10 to test your typographically trained eyes. This class, maybe more than any other in your design education, is training you to appreciate subtle visual differences that have significant impact in your work.

At the end of next week we will begin our first big class project that will be worked on for 3 weeks. The second project that follows will also be worked on for 3 weeks. Then we will have 2 faster paced “assignments” that will be completed in about 3 class periods each. There will be a final exam that covers the material from all 3 quizzes.

Handouts Syllabus, Schedule, Materials List  (Syllabus may take an hour to get through if you cover everything.)
NOTE: Cover the Materials List next week 2A when it is closer to when they need the materials. Many will already have talked about the materials in GD120 also.

Take a 5-10 minute break They have been sitting listening to you talk a long time about pretty boring stuff.

Video Beginning Graphic Design: Typography

Google Drive / Course Website  Show how the course website is structured. Write course site URL on whiteboard: bohls.design/gd114mw | NOTE: Send email with access to Google Drive PUBLIC folder before classes begins.

Google Forms After showing them the Course Website, have them fill out a simple form so that they know how to complete the reading assignment (fill out Google Form) which will inform/direct the conversation about Type History in the next class 1B.

Icebreaker Exercise Three Things in Common. Break students into 8 groups of 3 people each.

Homework Reading assignment. Specifications are on the class website.
NOTE: Don't forget to fill out the Google form before next class.

Anatomy of Type

Attendance 
Take role. Let any waitlist students that showed up know whether there will be any seats available or not. Suggest to those who did not get in to speak with our GD Advisor, Arlene McCashew – arlene.mccashew1@pcc.edu.

Course Website  
Show the course website on the overhead. Point out how the calendar/outline has reordered since day 1 is behind us. Review the outline of topics and activities for the day.

Textbook Overview 
Talk about the different sections of the book and what you can learn from each.  
NOTE: Not using textbook in Fall 2019. This will be an overview of the online articles we will use instead. Revise class materials to reflect this change.

Anatomy Lesson 
Show Lynda.com video that quickly identifies all the anatomy terms. Then go through each term outlined on the topic page. Show diagrams on the screen.
NOTE: Nail down the terms and definitions independently from textbook (too many discrepancies caused unnecessary student confusion). Maybe find a better video for anatomy.

Discussion 
Talk about the reading assignment (history & evolution of type). Find the best questions/comments submitted via the Google form (assignment 1A) to elaborate on.
NOTE: Fall 2018…This did not provide for much class discussion. It was mostly me talking at the class. Find a way to make this more engaging. Show letterpress process video here and see if that helps trigger questions and/or interest.

Video 
Show Lynda.com video on Doyald Young.

Exploring Typographic Forms 5

Video
Ira Glass on Storytelling - 2 minutes. This may be a good message for some students to hear right now. The amount of work they are doing in all of their classes is starting to pile up. They may not feel as confident in their work. This is normal. Fight through it. It takes time to get good at creative work.

Discussion
Show students examples of mistakes in making final comps on the overhead projector. Talk about how to not make those same mistakes. EX: clean the photocopier glass, mount to cardstock before trimming to final 6x6 size, ink past the trim lines (light pencil bounding box), etc. Show/remind them of the PDF checklist of things to turn in and pay attention to when executing final designs (linked to creative brief page).

Due
Type Identification 3B is due today. Remind them to submit results via Google form if they have not done so already.

Lab
Final Comps. Have students sign up for individual feedback during the remainder of the class.