About the Course
The course focuses on developing a strong foundation in design, craft, composition, typography, and conceptual development. It is designed to assist in the development of formal practice and technical skills in the fields of art and design, and the roles of typography in contemporary culture. Students develop abilities in critical and creative thinking, artistic innovation, and project planning and management.
Identify, specify, and classify printing types and fonts of historical and cultural significance through completion of a final exam on typographic history.
Explain the significance of typographic history, with an emphasis on
learning the ways in which typography, as a discipline, has been influenced by the economic, social and/or political conditions of a place and time, through participation in group seminars, submission of annotated project bibliographies, and writing of final project text.
Demonstrates skill using typography as a component of visual communication, through submission of design process documentation and final project work.
Locate typography critically within the disciplines of fine art and linguistics, and demonstrate use of typography to meet formal and conceptual objectives within those disciplines, through visual presentation of project plans and submission of final project work.
Demonstrate fluency with typography as a tool for cultural representation
in particular, the processes through which typography represents the
identity values of its producers and users, through visual representation
of conceptual project plans and submission of final project work.
Course Syllabus
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Course Projects /Assignment Briefs
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Student Work
Project 01: Survey of the History of the Western Alphabet
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Project 02: Text Tessaging
Typographic Grid / Heirarchy
Typographic Resonance
Typography will introduce students to the
design and history of printing types. Through independent research and project work, students will produce typographic solutions to applied and experimental problems using typography as their singular design element.
Through independent research and project work, students will produce typographic solutions to applied and experimental problems using typography
as their singular design element. Lectures, readings, and guided discussions will supplement project work, introducing students to the topics of typographic composition, letterform design, and printing history.