Typographic Design: Form and Communication, 6th Edition. By Rob Carter, Philip B. Meggs, Ben Day, Sandra Maxa and Mark Sanders.  John Wiley and Sons, Inc. ISBN 13: 978-1-118-71576-5   

Students are required to purchase access to Adobe’s Creative Cloud to complete assignments for this course. Access was purchased in AR121, and students should be able to continue to use this access for this and subsequent courses in this sequence.

Directions for purchasing access, if needed, are available under the Week 1 Handouts on the Resources and Materials page of the course. The cost to students for this access is approximately $20 a month.

Introduction to contemporary typography and design.  This class explores the principles of applied design as used in the production of brochures, catalogues, magazines, newspapers, etc.  Topics will include the use of type, layout, and the use of visual elements using graphics software for project presentation.  Basic concepts, principles and elements of design are reinforced through creative problem solving.  Students will begin portfolio development.  Prerequisite:  AR121.

Upon successful completion of the course, each participant should be able to:

• use elements and principles of typography and basic graphic design

• use various tools in InDesign comfortably and effectively

• identify and define common terms used in graphic design

• design and layout posters, brochures, and magazine spreads