{"id":3849,"date":"2017-10-16T17:13:11","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T17:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=3849"},"modified":"2017-10-23T16:40:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T16:40:59","slug":"engl4182-5182october16","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl4182-5182fall2017\/engl4182-5182october16\/","title":{"rendered":"October 16th: Type Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"style8\" align=\"left\"><b>Plan for the Day<\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=\"style8\" align=\"left\">We&#8217;ve got a few things to do today, so below is a list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"style8\">Turn in <strong><a title=\"Major Assignments for ENGL 4182\/5182\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl4182-5182fall2017\/informationdesignassignments2017\/#doc02\">Document #2<\/a><\/strong> today<\/li>\n<li class=\"style8\">Effective Repetition: <strong>ethos, pathos, logos<\/strong>\u00a0of&#8230;\n<ul>\n<li class=\"style8\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/\">the UFC Web site<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"style8\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marykay.com\/\">Mary Kay Cosmetics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"style8\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl4182-5182fall2017\/engl4182-5182october16\/typography\/\"><strong>More on Typography<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"style8\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl4182-5182fall2017\/engl4182-5182october02\/\">Midterm Exam Review<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"style8\">5182 Projects (who&#8217;s leading class discussion when)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1 class=\"style8\" align=\"left\"><b><\/b><b>Typography Intro<\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=\"style8\" align=\"left\">I have a page for us about <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl4182-5182fall2017\/engl4182-5182october16\/typography\/\">Typography<\/a><\/strong>, so let&#8217;s head on over.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"style8\" align=\"left\"><b>Design for Information Ch. 4<\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=\"style8\" align=\"left\">There&#8217;s probably a better way to pair the different books together. For instance, Meirelles&#8217;s Ch. 6 has a bit more about typography than Ch. 4, which I assigned for tonight. We&#8217;ll be coming back to the principles of the books throughout the semester, so I won&#8217;t worry so much about the class activities not matching the textbooks exactly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>p. 115: a map is &#8220;a diagram or collection of data showing the spatial distribution of something or the relative positions of its components&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>p. 117: Thematic maps come about when &#8220;[f]ocus shifted from analytical concern with position of features to holistic concern with the spatial extent and variation of features&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>p. 117: &#8220;The unprecedented development in the mid-1800s of graphic methods to analyze data in many ways was fueled by most countries&#8217; recognition of the importance of numerical information in planning for the general welfare of the population (social, economic, etc.)&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>p. 118: &#8220;All map projections involve transformations that result in distortions of one or more of the geometric properties of angles, areas, shapes, distances, and directions.&#8221;\n<ul>\n<li>p. 122: &#8220;maps involve simplifications and generalizations&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>After all, maps are abstractions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>p. 122: &#8220;Deciding on which features to include will depend on the purpose of the map, with the caveat that the map scale imposes the level of details depicted in it&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>p. 124: Discrete or continuous data<\/li>\n<li>p. 126: &#8220;Good design optimizes the visual thinking process&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>p. 126: Segregation between Figure and Ground<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speaking of maps and data visualizations, consider the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/736x\/c4\/65\/7f\/c4657fc708cd8f3f59167a79eb47a62d--visual-analytics-data-visualization.jpg\">Charles Joseph Minard&#8217;s cereals transportation map of Paris<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Let&#8217;s comment on the typeface choices<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/visage.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/port-and-river-tonnage.jpg\">How about on this one? How do you know what it&#8217;s saying?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/projects\/london2012\/results\">Olympic medals cartogram (2012)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cartonerd.blogspot.com\/2015\/03\/drug-crazed-mapping.html\">Here&#8217;s an interesting choropleth map<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South-up_map_orientation#\/media\/File:Blank-map-world-south-up.png\">What&#8217;s <em>wrong<\/em> with this map?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Northern_Hemisphere#\/media\/File:Global_hemispheres.svg\">Where&#8217;s the missing continent?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/rhetoric-an-introduction\/visuals\/#chartfun\"><strong>Fun graph from another class<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>My first choropleth map!<\/strong> Click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2017\/10\/PopulationDensity.xlsx\">here<\/a><\/strong> for the data in Excel, and click <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/geoawesomeness.com\/how-to-create-heat-map-in-excel-in-just-3-minutes\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> if you get lost in the tutorial.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"style8\" align=\"left\"><b><\/b><b>Next Class<\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=\"style8\" align=\"left\">Make sure you read Chapters 9, 10, and 11 in\u00a0<em>The Non-Designer&#8217;s Design Book<\/em> before coming to class in next week (10\/23).<\/p>\n<p class=\"style8\" align=\"left\">I have us down for cover type over two classes because I thought we might need a chance to catch up. If we didn&#8217;t get to our group work on type tonight, bring your typefaces in next week. Remember to find exotic ones&#8211;no Times New Roman or Arial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plan for the Day We&#8217;ve got a few things to do today, so below is a list: Turn in Document #2 today Effective Repetition: ethos, pathos, logos\u00a0of&#8230; the UFC Web site Mary Kay Cosmetics More on Typography Midterm Exam Review 5182 Projects (who&#8217;s leading class discussion when) Typography Intro I have a page for us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":598,"featured_media":0,"parent":3590,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3849","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2HAOx-105","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3849"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3880,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3849\/revisions\/3880"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}