Spring 2027

Advanced Typography

Advanced investigation of typography for visual communication, emphasizing meaning, materials, and technology through experimental projects in design, art, and culture.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.57 GPA, 78.6% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.83 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.38 GPA, 53.8% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Gain further sensitivity to the formal qualities of letterforms.

  • Gain broader experience in the selection and arrangement of type for effective legibility and readability.

  • Explore the legibility constraints of type and color.

  • Enhance skills for shaping verbal messages through typographic design.

  • Explore the expressive range of typography as a primary visual, illustrative element.

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Prerequisites

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(ART 102 or 107),ART 346 and 438

ART 525

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Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.57 GPA, 78.6% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.83 GPA, 86.7% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.38 GPA, 53.8% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Analysis of meaning conveyed through materials, technology, and design.
  • Experimental projects expanding understanding of typography's function in design, art, and culture.
  • Legibility constraints of type and color.

Skills

  • Sensitivity to formal qualities of letterforms and selecting/arranging type for legibility and readability.
  • Shaping verbal messages through typographic design and exploring typography as an expressive visual element.

Grades

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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