Typography

CDGD201-01

Start Date

01/22

Time

6:30pm–10pm

Format

Remote

End Date

05/07

Meeting Day

Wednesdays

Credits

3

This online course features the following types of interaction:

  • Live meetings
  • Live critiques

In this course you’ll learn the essentials for designing with fonts, and build typographic skills that are applicable to a wide range of visual communication design endeavors. You’ll be introduced to key typographic concepts, work between class meetings on a series of structured assignments, and get in-class feedback from peers and the instructor at each class meeting in order to achieve finished communication design projects that show skills for professional typesetting, effective information design, balanced and dynamic layout, and unique typographic expression. Note: this course is for college credit.

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: working knowledge of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator.

 

This class takes place online and meets using Zoom.

Interested in Communication Design? This class is part of the Communication Design Certificate Program!

Alisa Aronson

Alisa Aronson is a professional graphic designer with over 20 years’ experience as a professional designer and design teacher. She is Director of MassArt’s Communication Design Certificate Program, for which she is responsible for all curriculum, faculty supervision, application and graduating portfolio review.  She currently teaches Foundations of Graphic Design and Typography. Alisa received her … Read more