Typography ((3 credit hours))

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Explores the use of typography in the context of graphic design and discover the importance of type as a tool for visual problem solving and communication. Explores origins of typography, font usage, the anatomy and different kinds of type, software used for type manipulation, and how basic principles and elements of design (color, hierarchy, form, rhythm, etc.) are applied to typography. Requires the development of portfolio of individual typography-based designs. Lecture: 3.0 credits (45 contact hours).