DMA103 - Fundamentals of Digital Design
Week 8: "Understanding Resolution" & "Not All Browsers are Created Equal"
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Resolution Topics:
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What does resolution measure?
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What is the default resolution for web/print graphics?
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What is aspect ratio? How is it calculated?
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What is monitor resolution?
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How do you find out what YOUR monitor resolution is?
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Browser Stats Topics: (Know for Quiz #2)
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Top 3 Browsers for Feb 2010
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Top 3 OS (Operating Systems) for Feb 2010
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Top 2 Display Settings (Monitor Resolution) for January 2010
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(Due Week 7) Midterm Project: Font Scavenger Hunt
(Also Week 7) Quiz #1
Week 6:
- Review Topics of Quiz #1
- 10 Basic Keyboard Shortcuts
- RGB, Hexadecimal & Web Safe Colors
- Typography: Serif vs. San Serif
- Typography: Categories of Fonts
- Typography: 6 Kinds of Typographic Contrast
- Define: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment & Proximity
- Printout: Overview of Principles (MS Word)
Week 5:
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Illustrator Typography Exercise
- Using Illustrator & Typographic Discipline, layout this phrase in a way that it fits as a stacked column of text:
A good graphic designer can always defend his work
- Using Illustrator & Typographic Discipline, layout this phrase in a way that it fits as a stacked column of text:
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RGB, Hexadecimal & Websafe Colors
Week 4: Basics of Typography II
- Free Font Management Utilities
- Opcion (Mac & Win)
- The Font Thing (Win)
- Bonus: Folder of Fonts (8.5MB)
- Textbook Chapter 11: "6 Kinds of Typographic Contrast"
- Online Article: Typographic Contrast
- Online Article: 7 Principles of Typographic Contrast
- Online Article: A 20 Minute Intro to Typography Basics
- Homework: Fill your Look Book with 6 pages of visually interesting layouts. Try to identify the Principles of Contrast, Repetition, Alignment & Proximity
Week 3: Basics of Typography
- Different Categories of Type (Chapter 10)
- Serif vs Sans Serif
- The Anatomy of a Font (pdf
Week 2
- In Class:
- Design Principle: "Contrast" (Chapter 5)
- Exercise on Contrast using Adobe Illustrator
Week 1
- In Class:
- Course Syllabus, Grading & Expectations
- List the Principles we'll cover in the Course
- Review Your "Look Book" Requirements
- On Your Own:
- Purchase the Course Textbook
- Review Chapter on "Contrast"
- Purchase 3 Ring Binder & Sheet Protectors for your Look Book
Design Principles Reference Handout (MS Word Document)
Download the Look Book Sheet (PDF)
Course Textbook (Required):
"The Non‐Designer's Design and Type Books"
by Robin Williams; ISBN 10: 0321534050 / ISBN‐13: 978‐032153405
Course Syllabus:
