TYPOGRAPHY I

Catalog description

Students will learn about the history of typography. Topics include classification, anatomy, and different types of typography. Students will study the different typographical expressions. They will analyze optical effects of typography, as well as the typographical measuring system. They will also learn to work with typographic composition and start to design their own typographies. Students will study t he development of digital typography, from analog to digital processes and they will learn to convert these into vector images, using Bézier curves to create each character. Then using a conversion program, students will pass to True Type (TT), changing to a digital font. Students will learn about different international organizations that work in the development and study of typography.