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Dec 26, 2024
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2024-2025 College Catalog
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DAR 111 - Typography 4 Credits, 5 Contact Hours 3 lecture periods 2 lab periods Letter forms and use in visual communications. Includes type rendering, letter spacing, type and headline groupings, type relationships, type images, and type applications.
Prerequisite(s): DAR 102 or DAR 103 .
Course Learning Outcomes
- Design logo type and headlines into eye-catching groupings utilizing methods of alignment, word spacing, and line spacing.
- Create effective typographical headline, subheadline, and body text design relationships to ads, brochures, posters, logos, and other media.
- Produce typographical designs that project specific images appealing to formal and informal target audiences.
- Work within a professional environment meeting specifications and deadlines.
Outline:
- Type Rendering
- Proportions
- Griding methods
- Marker techniques
- Letter Spacing
- Kerning
- Tracking
- Leading
- Type and/or Headline Groupings
- Alignment methods
- Work spacing
- Line spacing
- Type Relationships
- Type styles
- Type sizes
- Type weights
- Type Images (Selection and Design)
- Formal image
- Informal image
- Others
- Type Applications
- Ads
- Brochures
- Posters
- Logos
Effective Term: Full Academic Year 2019/20
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