Introduction to Typography

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英语

4 时

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Week 1 - Week 1: Talking Type
This week, we’ll take an up-close look at typefaces, both as physical artifacts and as works of design.  We will study the formal elements that define and give character to type, and understand where they came from and why they look the way they do. We will re...
Week 2 - Week 2: Typefaces and their Stories
This week, we’ll explore the way typefaces express connotative meaning—tell stories—through their association with different time periods, aesthetics, and ideas. Through six short case studies, we  will look at the way a typeface’s connotations are shaped by i...
Week 3 - Week 3: Putting Type to Work
This week, we will engage the visual principles and conventions of typesetting. We will look at how the spaces between letters, lines, and blocks of type can be manipulated to refine the appearance and control the meaning of type. We’ll explore the ways typogr...
Week 4 - Week 4: Making Meaningful Type
In our final week, we’ll examine the ways typographic form can dramatically shape the meaning of written language. We’ll survey and analyze possibilities for type treatments—from subtle typesetting choices  to dramatic manipulations—by looking at examples of e...

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Anther Kiley
Faculty, Program in Graphic Design
School of Art

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CalArts has earned an international reputation as the leading college of the visual and performing arts in the United States. Offering rigorous undergraduate and graduate degree programs through six schools—Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater—CalArts has championed creative excellence, critical reflection, and the development of new forms and expressions.