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Designing with Type

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Cooper Union Designingwithtype.com

Visit http://www.designingwithtype.com/freiehochschule/

Designingwithtype.com is a web site devoted to the art and appreciation of typography. It offers a unique typographic resource for students, educators, and professionals, showcasing talent from around the world.

Originally created by James Craig as a supplement to his textbook 'Designing with Type: A Basic Course in Typography' specifically for his Cooper Union students, it
has grown to include contributions presented by fellow educators and designers to embrace a wider audience.

At Designingwithtype.com you can see:
Projects
presents typographic assignments selected from Designing with Type,
along with a variety of projects submitted by some of the world's leading designers.
Typefaces
lists a selection of favorite typefaces, submitted by the contributors of
the projects, as well as student typeface designs, type foundries, and free downloads.
Resources reviews books by James Craig and presents a comprehensive overview
of influential books, magazines, organizations, web sites, and major design schools from around the world.
Open Forum
welcomes comments and offers essays, quotations, and additional
items of interest to graphic designers and educators.
Timelines
There are many excellent ways of teaching the history of graphic design. One of the better ways, though this is not always possible, is to integrate the history of graphic design with the other arts - painting, literature, music - and with major political and cultural events of the time. The following timelines are from James Craig's book
'Thirty Centuries of Graphic Design' and cover just a few of the highlights between 30,000 BC and 1990 AD, the year book was published.

Visit http://www.designingwithtype.com/timelines.php

"Designingwithtype.com is a Web site devoted to the art and appreciation of typography."