COMM 3880 - Typography

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered every Semester.

Students explore the expressive qualities of typographic form and investigate visual relationships between type and image. Class lectures and discussions address historical milestones that have lead to major innovations in type design and explore aesthetic concepts such as typographic structure, space, legibility, and visual organization. Additionally, students become familiar with typographic anatomy and learn to identify and choose appropriate font classifications and particular typefaces for design projects.

Prerequisite(s): COMM 3810 , COMM 3890 .