Our next class project is called DP4 - Type Tinder (originally called Type Dating).
To begin, go visit the class blog and peruse your classmate's typefaces and choose one your typeface would like to date.
The assignment is to create a design using your font and your classmate's font to express your first date in words and form.
The date can range from never meeting up to consensual or more, but be earnest in your efforts. Initial design concepts, thumbnails and block-ins will be due Thursday, February 22nd. We will work on the date in class that day, with the final due next Tuesday, February 27th.
The final size of your type date will be 11x17, in color, and may use an image as ambience.
Like on any date, experiment.
Your classmates will need to access your font, so be sure to PUBLISH your font on fontstruct. Copy the url of your fontstruck page to create a link to your font and post that on your blog. Your classmates should be able to use that link to download your font. For example, here is font I created called COSMOS. You can view it and download it at https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/237051/cosmos_4.
If you are interested in dating Joe‘s or Addies’ font, you will need to contact them via e-mail to get their fonts. Here is a list of your classmates e-mail addresses:
Michael Collins <michaelcollins2@mail.weber.edu>,
kerbybarker@mail.weber.edu,
samanthablack@mail.weber.edu,
Thomas Foxley <thomasfoxley@mail.weber.edu>,
Tiffany Iarussi <tiffanyiarussi@mail.weber.edu>,
Addison James <addisonjames@mail.weber.edu>,
Corinne Klc <corinneklc@mail.weber.edu>,
Jennifer Merrell <jennifermerrell@mail.weber.edu>,
madisonosborn@mail.weber.edu,
Joe Salmond <josephsalmond@weber.edu>,
First Date
Your first type date will be due posted on the blog, Tuesday, February 27th.
Second Date
Your second date may include an actual second date with the same font as your first, or a new first date with a different font.
A tight rough of your second type date will be due printed, and posted on the blog, Tuesday, March 13th.
The final second type date will be due, along with a print out of your full font alphabet, as well as your final first type date, will be due on your blog, and printed and posted on the crit wall by the beginning of class on Thursday, March 15th.
We will be having a guest critique by one of a finalist for the new Graphic Design faculty position that day. Be prepared with your designs and be ready to participate!
