Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Advisory: MAT 135
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course covers the essential concepts of typographic design and its incorporation into all forms of visual communication. Topics include historical development and cultural impacts, type design, the anatomy of letterforms and the use of words, and structural and experimental design. Students develop a solid understanding of how to use type and letterforms to solve design and typographic problems.