Digital Typographic Design Online Short Course

Course description

This course gives you a sound introduction to creating typographic designs with Adobe Creative Cloud applicationspredominantly Illustrator and InDesignin a Mac-based digital studio. You will be taught by a practising graphic design professional with 15 years teaching experience at London College of Communication.

You will develop practical skills and explore digital techniques within the context of contemporary graphic design, with an emphasis on the experimental and the exploratory. You will do practical studio workshop activities and be introduced to the history of 20th century type, and typographic designers.

By the end of the course you will have a series of designs to enrich your portfolio, with new confidence and skills to develop for your own practice.

Course Outcomes

By the end of this course you should be able to:

• Create new typographic designs in Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop
• Understand the history and theory behind current typographic design
• Have the confidence and skill to develop your own practice

Who Should Attend

Students, professionals and enthusiasts with some related creative experience who love type and want to improve their digital typographic practice.

All our Online Short Courses include:

• Live online lessons with the same tutors
• The same course content and learning outcomes
• Lesson recordings, for review
• Access to VLE with course content
• Forums for support
• 2 weeks online access
• Certificate upon completion

Please note that all courses are taught in UK time.

Online courses are closed to all new bookings 48 hours prior to the course starting.