DCO10005 Typography

Unit code: DCO10005

Duration: 1 Teaching Period

Contact hours: Recommended 8 hours of study per week

About this unit

This unit aims to introduce students to, and help them develop an understanding of typographic forms, terminology, setting systems and conventions. This will be done using a variety of technologies. Students will develop an awareness of content and meaning through the exploration and application of typographic form in regards to layout and design principles.

Content

Topics for discussion may include:

• Type history and development, terminology, conventions and technology
• Type form, families and classification
• Type legibility and expression
• Information and typographic hierarchies, composition, spatial manipulation and layout
• Forming and achieving communication objectives.

This unit is found in Bachelor of Design with a Major in Communication Design.