We’ll peek into the rich historical, cultural, and aesthetic histories of familiar typefaces. We’ll consider the pragmatic concerns involved in selecting and combining type. In this rigorous introductory course, we will study, name, and measure the characteristics of letterforms.

Typography predates modern graphic design by around 500 years it is rich in rules, conventions, and esoteric terminology-but it remains an exciting space for invention and expression. It’s an essential area of skill and knowledge for graphic designers. Typography is the art of manipulating the visual form of language to enrich and control its meaning. Access to, and a beginner's level knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite programs, such as Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign will help you, especially if you want to complete the optional briefs. You can complete this course without one but it will be tougher. To succeed in this course you will need access to a computer. If you complete the course, along with its optional (but highly recommended) briefs, you will have a core set of graphic design skills that you can apply to your own projects, or to more deeply investigate a specialized area of graphic design. I don't just want you to watch a video of someone talking about design, I want you to MAKE design! If you want to be a designer you have to be a maker and a communicator, so this course will offer you lots of opportunities to get your hands dirty with exercises and with more practical projects.Īt the end of this course you will have learned how to explore and investigate visual representation through a range of image-making techniques understand basic principles of working with shape, color and pattern been exposed to the language and skills of typography and understand and have applied the principles of composition and visual contrast. foundational skills that are common in all areas of graphic design practice. Through visual examples, this course will teach you the fundamental principles of graphic design: imagemaking, typography, composition, working with color and shape. As graphic design becomes more visible and prevalent in our lives, graphic design as a practice becomes more important in our culture. Graphic Design is all around us! Words and pictures-the building blocks of graphic design-are the elements that carry the majority of the content in both the digital world and the printed world.

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