Typography & Graphic Communication

Event Time:

7–11 July 10:00–17:30, and/or 21–25 July 10:00 –17:30

An intensive course on typeface design, with two week-long parts. The first part is a design masterclass covering  Arabic, Latin, Greek, and a taste of other scripts. This is ideal for designers with a degree of confidence who want to develop their skills to a high level.

The second part addresses research in typeface design and working with collections. This is ideal for early career as well as experienced researchers, educators, and those working with material archives.

Both parts are based around immersive, small-group sessions with global experts, and make use of world-class archives.

Event Time: 10:00 – 17:30

An intensive course on western typography and typeface design, specifically planned for designers not native to the Latin script.

• Western typography key concepts and trends, including trends in document design and branding.

• Essential knowledge for working with Latin typefaces: understanding styles and their relationship with documents, evaluating quality, and pairing families for publications in print and online.

• Multiscript / multilingual typography challenges and solutions, trends and quality criteria.

• Typeface refining and extending masterclass to achieve highest quality levels, which also applies to logo development and refinement.

The course combines illustrated presentations and workshop-style exercises, to explore each of the four themes. Active participation and learning through observation of unique original materials from the Department’s Collections.