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:: Resources and Links
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:- Typotheque
:- Type Culture
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:- I love Typography
:- Typography Served
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:: Research
:- AIGA design archives
:- Design Encyclopedia | index |
:- Design Observer
:- Type Cultur
:- Visual Thesaurus
:- Type Base
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:: Short films :: Audio
:- films by Hillman Curtis
:- sagmeister | scher | carson
:- Type Radio
:- Type Culture Movies
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email: andrea herstowski
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The class provides and introduction to the discipline, function and tradition of typography as it relates to visual and verbal communication. Topics to be presented include the historic evolution of typography, the anatomy of typography, syntax and communication, legibility/readability, and technology. Emphasis will be on the interrelationships of letter, word, line and page. Projects will examine type families and their structure, two-dimensional typographic space, language sequence, information hierarchy and typographic aesthetic.
Typography is one of the principle tools of the visual communicator. The goal of this class is to understand the fundamental elements of typography, begin to familiarize you with typography in its many aspects, and prepare you for future course work.
Keep in mind, one must learn the principles that govern good typography before one can break them. |