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Independent Type Design Research

Institution

Self-Directed

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Curriculum
  1. History and Theory
    1. Brief History of Typefaces
    2. Typographic Vocabulary
    3. Anatomy of Letters
    4. Principles of Type Design: Contrast, Balance, Optical Correction, Rhythm, and Hierarchy
    5. Readability, Legibility, and Expressiveness
  2. Design Process
    1. Process Overview
    2. Ideation
    3. Developing Concepts
    4. Type Design Brief
    5. Tools for Drawing and Measurement
  3. Digital Production
    1. Introduction to Type Editors
    2. Digitizing Sketches and Refining Curves
    3. Naming Conventions
    4. Characters
    5. Bearings, Spacing, Kerning, and Developing Metrics
    6. Introduction to OpenType
    7. Features, Ligatures, Alternates, and Positions
    8. Type Testing
  4. Project Development
    1. Creating a Functional Typeface
    2. Developing a Type Specimen
    3. Presentation and Critique
    4. Type Licenses
    5. Marketing
    6. Type Customization