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GRPH 2B06
Typography 2: Structures
0.50 Credit(s)
Studio
Prerequisite: GDES 1B17 Typography
and 2.0 first-year studio credits and 1.0 first-year liberal studies credits required for program.
In this course students will explore typographic structures, focusing on normative and conceptual principles. An in depth analysis is undertaken in this course that explores the letter relationship to the word, the word relationship to the line, lines in relationship to column and the way these elements activate a particular space. Students will be introduced to the basic principles of visual hierarchy and grid structures, as well as the syntactic, semantic and pragmatic qualities of typography.
Course was last updated July 22, 2014 - 3:32 PM