Resources
Reading
Useful Typography hints
Thinking with Type
Applications
Adobe Creative Cloud
Sketch
Basic photo editor: Fotor
Sound: Boom 3D
Reference
Google Material Design
Sketch Resources
InVision
Colors: Panda
Color: Design Seeds
Icons: The Noun Project
Icons: CreativeBloq
Icons, Fonts: You Work for Them
Pattern Library
Working
Basecamp
Slack
UX annotation: Zeplin
Sketch (paper) templates for UI/UX
Font Reference
Mood Boards
Behance
Pinterest
Designspiration
Savee
Dribbble
Software Education
Easy layout tools
Canva
Keynote
Misc
Trace your illustrations
Designer Reference Tool: Sans Franciso
Grading Rubric
— TOTAL 100 POINTS
Each of the 5 class projects is worth 15 points.
5 points: Ideation, creative thinking
5 points: Aesthetics, compositional sophistication
5 points: Technical execution
Work is graded in your class presentation.
For late work, 1 point is removed per day.
Weekly journal is worth 10 points.
5 points: Keeping current with weekly updates
5 points: Effort, aesthetic, technical execution
Attendance is worth 15 points.
1 point for every day attended
If you need to miss a day, you must communicate ahead of time or have a verifiable extenuating circumstance.
Good Typekit Fonts
Acumin – Sans serif (huge family of fonts)
Stozl – Geometric Sans Serif
Basic Sans – Humanist Sans Serif
Omnes – Geometric Sans Serif
Kulturista – Slab serif
Chapparal
Rift – Cool condensed caps
Lapture
Aktiv Grotesque
Katarine
League Gothic
DIN
Proxima Nova – like Helvetica, industrial strength sans serif
Mrs Eaves – Serif
Mr Eaves – Sans
Dapifer – Slab serif
Bookmania – Fun, use sparingly
Franklin Gothic
Futura
Quatro
Pro Type Foundries with Free Samples
Grilli Type (Walsheim, American, Sectra)
Sharp Type (Centra, Sharp)
Commercial Type (Platform Bold)
Colophon (Aperçu, Mabry)
Klim (Pitch, Pitch Sans)
Hoefler (Knockout, Gotham, Archer *no free samples though)