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Dec 09, 2024
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2023-2024 College Catalog [***ATTENTION: THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG***]
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ART 261 - Typography 1
Credits: 3
Lab/Lecture: 2 Lecture. 3 Lab.
An introduction to traditional and conceptual typographic applications, with a focus on the study of the basic letter forms, type families and their characteristics, history of type, typographic contrast, hierarchy, and grids.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- demonstrate their ability to utilize type anatomy, classification, measures, leading, and kerning through the production of exercises;
- demonstrate their abilities in font selection for emotion through the design and development of their projects;
- demonstrate their abilities in typographic composition and alignment in their projects;
- identify best practices in type use through participation in class discussions and critiques;
- demonstrate their knowledge of typographic history by researching an historically significant typeface and/or typographer;
- demonstrate verbal and written abilities, in order to develop communication skills, in class critiques and presentations.
Prerequisite(s): ART 191, ART 110, ART 111, and ART 160 with grades greater than or equal to C.
Corequisite(s): ART 260.
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