Typography | Montserrat College of Art

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.

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.