TypoItalia: Typography Research in Northern Italy

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This course is designed to give students intensive educational experiences involving travel abroad to northern Italy. Cities visited in the class may include Venice, Parma, Treviso. The course will explore the history of typography while providing students with a cross-cultural outlook important to understanding the future of typography. Students will examine typography’s rich history and modernization through travel abroad and investigate how research of the past can inspire innovation in the future. The course will include visits to typographic museums, lectures, guest speakers, hands-on experiences and activities as students conduct typographic research inspired as they travel. Travel expenses will be incurred for this course.