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This course will ex­plore type de­sign and its ap­pli­ca­tion in vi­sual com­mu­ni­ca­tion. Stu­dents will study the for­mal qual­i­ties of type­faces and their his­tor­i­cal ori­gin. Stu­dents will learn to ma­nip­u­late type prop­er­ties to de­sign mean­ing­ful and ef­fec­tive graphic com­mu­ni­ca­tion. The use of in­dus­try-stan­dard desk­top pub­lish­ing soft­ware will be cov­ered as well and will be ap­plied to a range of ty­po­graphic so­lu­tions.

This course will explore type design and its application in visual communication. Students will study the formal qualities of typefaces and their historical origin. Students will learn to manipulate type properties to design meaningful and effective graphic communication. The use of industry-standard desktop publishing software will be covered as well and will be applied to a range of typographic solutions.