GDES 224 Typography II: Systems

3 credits 90.0 hours
200 level undergraduate course

Extend and apply principles of basic typographic vocabulary and usage to multi-part design problems. Students explore how typography behaves in different media as they develop increasingly complex type systems for sequential page and time-based projects. The narrative and communicative qualities of type are studied through a focused series of in-class exercises exploring texture, mood, and typographic refinements such as tracking, kerning, optical alignment and more. Ways to combine typefaces and pair them with project content based on aesthetic and historic criteria will be introduced. Readings, lectures, in-class workshops and assignments supplement professional feedback provided by guest lecturers and critics.

Prerequisites GDES*214

Priority enrollment to Graphic Design majors.
This course is not repeatable for credit.