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Nov 05, 2024
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CGT 149 - Typography Credits: 3 Lecture Contact Hours: 3 Description: This course introduces the graphic design student to the principles of typography by investigating letter forms as both an element of design and as a medium of communication. Concentration is on typeface identification, effective use of type to convey information, measuring systems and application of typography to computer graphics.
Prerequisites: CGT 123 with a minimum grade of 2.0. Corequisites: None. Recommended: None.
Course Category: Occupational This Course is Typically Offered: Fall, Winter Check Course Availability
Course Competencies
- Ascertain the parts of letterforms.
- Explain the substrates and corresponding writing tools for written communication since the inception of writing throughout desktop publishing.
- Identify key innovators in type design from the invention of the printing press through the present time.
- Identify the historical classifications of type.
- Use the proper terminology in describing type styles.
- Explain the technical and aesthetic significance of the optical adjustments used in the design of letterforms.
- Adapt the proper readability and legibility considerations in setting type for application in print, web, animation and video.
- Apply the technical and aesthetic characteristic of typesetting to the visual prioritization of information on a page.
- Apply basic design principles (space, size, rhythm, balance, contrast, proportion, unity, variety, harmony) to typesetting for enhancement of meaning and legibility in a variety of applications.
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