This course serves to familiarize the student with the fundamentals of typography. Typography forms the basis of our contemporary communication. Students will gain design abilities based on analogue techniques as well as digital software. The class explores letterform design & moves subsequently to typesetting exercises performed using the letterpress printer & computer. Compositions exploring typography as color, form, & image will be examined for visual impact as well as meaning. The history of typography is incorporated beginning with Guttenberg in the 1400’s through the classic designers of the 17th & 18th centuries, type-design through Russian Constructivism, the Bauhaus, & Modernism to contemporary digital type design.

Studio Art (Undergraduate)
4 credits – 15 Weeks

Sections (Spring 2022)

ART-UE 401-000 (12947)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Wed
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by

ART-UE 401-000 (12474)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Tue
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by Verdoux, Jeanne

ART-UE 401-000 (12527)
01/24/2022 – 05/09/2022 Thu
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM (Late afternoon)
at Washington Square
Instructed by