Week 7 Completion Checklist

Videos

  • Part zero is an interview with Natalya Shelburne of the New York Times. She is a fine artist who's made the jump to technology. She has lots of interesting things to say about color, as well as amazing resources for you to explore.
  • Part one talks about the design principles from "The Non-Designer's Design Book" by Robin Williams, including contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. Link to the book at the Harvard Library online
  • Part two talks about some basic typography principles, like the kinds of type (Oldstyle, Modern, Slab Serif, Sans Serif, script, decorative)
  • Part three covers font performance and FOUT (flash of unstyled text) from Jason Pamental's book, "Responsive Typography." Link to the book at the Harvard Library online
  • Part four covers scaling text in typography

Assignment

At this point, you should have everything you need to complete Assignment 2. Please be sure to ask questions in the assignment 2 forum if you have assignment questions, or in the Week 7 forum if you have questions about this week's material.