Typography at The Montserrat College of Art explores typographic communication structures as it pertains to design principles. This course provides opportunities for students to seek and discover, within their own workflow and creativity, communication design conventions. Some of those conventions include the use of design thinking skills and to look at design as a process of discovery, as well as visual solutions. Through their typographic course work, students apply what they learn to their studio work throughout the curriculum.
Projects include:
- Expressive Words
- Book Jacket Design
- Typographic Poster
Expressive Words
Select words from a given list and express their intrinsic meanings using only type. Among other devices — size, choice of typeface, structure, and placement will play a role.
Leslie Dami, Class of 2020
Emily Klesaris, Class of 2020
William Higgins, Class of 2020
Victoria Vecchiarello, Class of 2020
William Higgins, Class of 2020
Brooke Fraser, Class of 2020
William Higgins, Class of 2020
Melissa Connors, Class of 2020
Nathaniel Cioffi, Class of 2020
Melissa Connors, Class of 2020
Brooke Fraser, Class of 2020
Nathaniel Cioffi, Class of 2020
Leslie Dami, Class of 2020
Nathaniel Cioffi, Class of 2020
Victoria Vecchiarello, Class of 2020
Henry Waggett, Class of 2020
Brooke Fraser, Class of 2020
Tash Ali, Class of 2020
Victoria Vecchiarello, Class of 2020
Henry Waggett, Class of 2020
Emily Klesaris, Class of 2020
Emily Klesaris, Class of 2020
William Higgins, Class of 2020
Brooke Fraser, Class of 2020
Book Jacket Designs
Create a new cover design for a book you are reading. Create a typographic solution to demonstrate comprehension and explore whether typography can communicate something of the character, plot, setting, symbolism, or conflict of the story.

Nathaniel Cioffi, Class of 2020

Victoria Vecchiarello, Class of 2020

Melissa Connors, Class of 2020
Assignment: Expressive Typography Poster

Nathaniel Cioffi, 2020

Emily, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA, Spring 2020

Jessica Saab Dada Poster Montserrat College of Art, 2021

Montserrat College of Art

Nathaniel Cioffi, 2020

Katie DeSilva, Montserrat College of Art, 2021

Gervin Rodriguez Bauhaus Poster, Montserrat College of Art, 2021

Madison Gerace, Montserrat College of Art, 2021

Nathaniel Cioffi, 2020

Gervin Rodriguez Bauhaus Poster, Montserrat College of Art, 2021

Will, Montserrat College of Art, 2020