VCO1302 - Typography 1 - 2019

6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Art, Design and Architecture

Organisational Unit

Department of Design

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Ned Culic

Coordinator(s)

Mr Vincent Chan

Unit guides

Offered

Caulfield

  • Second semester 2019 (On-campus)

Prerequisites

COL1001 or by permission

Prohibitions

VCO1301

Synopsis

Introduces the fundamental principles of typography. Students will utilise type both as a communicative and expressive tool. Contemporary and historical methods of typographic production, from print to digital media are examined. Students are encouraged to critically analyse and question the relationships between type and meaning, type and language. Emphasis is placed upon the acquisition of skills and knowledge.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Effectively use the elements and principles of design;
  2. Understand typographical terminology;
  3. Create design structures, grids, layout and composition;
  4. Work with texts, creating a hierarchy;
  5. Recognise and understand the formal elements of design, such as space, line and texture in relation to type;
  6. Produce sophisticated type rendered by hand or generated by computer;
  7. Explore experimental typography;
  8. Use type to create an emotional and intellectual impact with an understanding of the relationship between type, image and language.

Assessment

100% in-semester assessment

Workload requirements

12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.

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