Large white text spells Nick Cave with colorful patterns inside the letters; a man smiles, touching his head, on the right.

Typography

CDGD201-01

Start Date

05/26

Time

6:30pm–10pm (Tue), 9am-12:30pm (Sat)

Format

Remote

End Date

08/08

Meeting Day

Tuesdays + two Saturdays

Credits

3

In this course you’ll learn the essentials for designing with fonts, and build typographic skills that are applicable to a wide range of visual communication design endeavors. You’ll be introduced to key typographic concepts, work between class meetings on a series of structured assignments, and get in-class feedback from peers and the instructor at each class meeting in order to achieve finished communication design projects that show skills for professional typesetting, effective information design, balanced and dynamic layout, and unique typographic expression. Note: this course is for college credit.

Prerequisites: working knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

 

Saturday Meetings: May 30 and August 8, 9am to 12:30pm

Seth R. Abrahamson