Typography is much more than just putting type on a page. It is choosing the right font, learning how to create hierarchy within information, making the type legible and readable, directing the typography to suit the appropriate audience and knowing that you have the power to create awesome design.
In this one-week, intensive crash course, typography expert Denise Bosler will show you how to harness the power of typography to tackle any design situation. You’ll begin with the history and basics of typography and letterforms, then move into step-by-step lessons where you’ll design a real-world poster project. You’ll get one-on-one feedback during this week-long project that’ll prepare you for your design future!
Denise Bosler is a graphic designer, illustrator, and professor of communication design at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. She earned a B.F.A. from Kutztown University and an M.F.A. from Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Denise has focused her design work on print collateral, product packaging, and identity development in both print and digital projects.
Bootcamp Length:
1 week
Tuition:
$120 ($108 for VIP)
Required Materials:
Mastering Type by Denise Bosler (eBook is included with this course!)
Start Date:
Objectives:
- Get a foundation in the origins of typography, letterforms and their relationships
- Understand the correlation between typography, audience and message
- Learn how to effectively mix typography with design principles
- Design a real-world, typography-based poster to add to your portfolio!
- People new to graphic design
- Undergraduate graphic design students
Outline:
- Day 1: What Is Typography?
- Day 2: Font Connotation
- Day 3: Starting the Poster Design Project
- Day 4: Putting Type Together
- Day 5: Poster Project Headline
- Day 6: Poster Project Text
- Day 7: Final Poster Layout