GDSN 151 - Typographic Design

Prerequisite: GDSN 150 Advisory:NART 285; READ 022 or appropriate placement; ENGL 030 or ENLA 034 or appropriate placement
Transfers to: UC, CSU

This course is for the student interested in the theory and practice of letterforms and typography as they apply to graphic design, advertising and other areas of design and visual communication. Focus is on the compositional use of type as a principle design element and its relationship to issues of visual hierarchy, readability and page structure. Students continue their exploration of typography as an expressive visual form through typographic design projects.