This presentation will share the ethos and student outcomes from a course that ran in Fall 2022. “Abecedarium: A Cabinet of Lettering, Type Design and Typographic Curiosities” is a course developed to delve deep into type. We explored the back shelves of used bookstores, visited museums and archives, and learned about how language has been set forth to be read, seen, felt and heard. Through a series of prompts, the participants in the course learned the fundamentals of typography supported by highlights from design histories and contemporary practices, were exposed to a variety of forms of calligraphy and strategies drawing letterforms, and integrated design systems processes and type design practices into their work large and small.
Micro to Macro: Type design as an introduction to typography in person or virtual about education
