GDS 172 Typography II

Home Page: gds.parkland.edu/gds/172
Instructor: Gretchen Wieshuber
Office hours by appointment.
Email: gwieshuber.parkland@gmail.com

Spring 2009			Tentative Class Schedule	Homework (due by 11:55 pm)
1	Mon	Jan 12	Welcome GDS News & Announcements C138 Studio Policies About Angel Learning (FAQ) Parkland Library Homework Assignments Blog Assigned The Sketchbook	Read the Syllabus Buy InDesign CS3 One-on-One
2	Wed	Jan 14	X1: Choosing Typefaces	Homework 1 due: Introduction
	Mon	Jan 19	Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday
3	Wed	Jan 21	Project 1 Story Shop Logo assigned Project 2 Story Shop book assigned	Homework 2 due: Review Type Rules H1 replies due
4	Mon	Jan 26	X2: New Document Meet with Story Shop clients	H2 replies due
5	Wed	Jan 28	P1 research due	P1 brief due
6	Mon	Feb 2	X3: 2-Page Spread P1 concepts due	Homework 3 due: One-on-One Lesson 1
7	Wed	Feb 4	P1 proofs due	Homework 4 due: One-on-One Lesson 2 H3 replies due
8	Mon	Feb 9	X4: Size, Leading, Length, Visual Alignment P1 final presentation	Homework 5 due: One-on-One Lesson 3 H4 replies due
9	Wed	Feb 11	open lab P1 client presentation	H5 replies due Friday
10	Mon	Feb 16	X5: En Dashes, Em Dashes, and Kerning P2 research due	P2 brief due Homework 6 due: One-on-One Lesson 4
11	Wed	Feb 18	P2 cover concepts due	H6 replies due Friday
12	Mon	Feb 23	X6: Special Characters P2 cover comps due	Homework 7 due: One-on-One Lesson 5
13	Wed	Feb 25	discussion: the structure of a book P2 final covers due	H7 replies due Friday
14	Mon	March 2	X7: Paragraph Styles Extra Credit: Influential Type Designer MIDTERM REVIEW open lab: bring layout research and work on concepts in teams	Homework 8 due: One-on-One Lesson 6
15	Wed	March 4	MIDTERM REVIEW open lab: work on layout comps in teams (Lorem_ipsum.doc)	H8 replies due Friday
16	Mon	March 9	QUIZ #1	Homework 9 due: One-on-One Lesson 7 (midterm grades due)
17	Wed	March 11	X8: Character Styles P2 layout comps due	H9 replies due Friday
18	Mon	March 16	X9: Importing and Editing Art bring printing specs P2 title page, toc, © page, etc.	Homework 10 due: One-on-One Lesson 8
19	Wed	March 18	Field trip to Martin Graphics	H10 replies due Friday
	Mon	March 23	Spring Break
	Wed	March 25	Spring Break
20	Mon	March 30	P2 final presentation demo: Table of Contents demo: Preflight and Package
21	Wed	April 1	Project 3 Brochure assigned P2 client presentation Story shop edited text ready	P3 brief due Friday
22	Mon	April 6	X10: Preparing a Photo for Press P3 research due	Homework 11 due: One-on-One Lesson 9
23	Wed	April 8	P3 concepts due Project 4 Newsletter assigned	H11 replies due Friday P4 brief due Friday
24	Mon	April 13	X11: Tables 2 Ways P4 research due	Homework 12 due: One-on-One Lesson 10 (April 13: Story Shop cover due to press)
25	Wed	April 15	P3 comps due open lab	H12 replies due Friday (April 15: Story Shop text due to press)
26	Mon	April 20	X12: Indents, Lists, and Drop Caps P4 concepts due	Homework 13 due: One-on-One Lesson 11
27	Wed	April 22	P3 final presentation	H13 replies due Friday
28	Mon	April 27	X13: Spellchecking and Proofreading P4 comps due	Homework 14 due: One-on-One Lesson 12
29	Wed	April 29	open lab	Project 3 due for grading H14 replies due Friday
30	Mon	May 4	QUIZ #2	Homework 15 due: Wrap Up Last day to turn in assignments for grading
31	Wed	May 6	P4: final presentation FINAL REVIEW	H15 replies due
32	Tues	May 12	11 am-1 pm: FINAL REVIEW

Other important dates:

Midterm and final reviews are individual appointments. Each student will sign up for 15 minute sessions. You must bring ALL the work you have completed up to that point for your review. Do NOT throw away any material from this class. Your grade will depend on it. Your midterm or final grades will be given to you at this session.
Monday January 19 is MLK day (no classes).
Spring Break is March 21 to 29 (no classes).
There is no final exam for this class, but there will be two scheduled quizzes.
For other important dates see the Parkland Academic Calendar.

Last updated: 7/21/09 • Webmaster: Gretchen Wieshuber