Introduction

The goals of this class are to provide students with basic skills in the arts of typesetting and de-sign, both for the print and the web. Students will start by learning the language of typesetting and considering issues of “thinking through type.” We will discuss type designs that work and don’t work, and will do exercises in typesetting in both Microsoft Word and Fireworks. We will then move on to web design and Flash, and consider issues regarding information structure. The first half of the class will be almost entirely concerned with the book, the second with the web. Students will learn the rudiments of editing, and also explore some issues of creative hypertext. Students will also set up their own websites and learn how to upload their final projects to the sites.

By the end of this class, students will have:
• designed a book cover
• edited a short book of original or collected writing with images and uploaded it to Lulu
• written or edited a short hypertext piece for Dreamweaver
• converted all or part of that hypertext piece to Flash
• learned how to FTP their materials to a class website