GDES 132   Typography* (3 Hours)

Prerequisites : ART 124 and GDES 120 and (CDTP 190 or CDTP 135 and CDTP 140 and CDTP 145) .

Corequisites: GDES 125.

This course will provide instruction in the basic principles of contemporary typographic design. Information concerning typography, from traditional letterpress through digital type design and typesetting, will be included. The course content will emphasize effective methods of communicating to a mass audience through the printed letter, word, line and page.