Intermediate studies are concerned with the informational and editorial uses of typography as well as multi-page formats. The advanced level develops a sophisticated expertise in solving complex messages through typographic expression. The course adresses the basic formal language of typography and the application of typographic principles to frame basic communication messages. Typographic investigations are achieved by both manual and digital means. Technical expertise and efficient working methodologies are applied to problems which are brought into the class from other design courses as well as from both individual and group assigned projects.
All software is standard to current graphic design industry practices.
This course is an extension of EM 201. It addresses the development of advanced computer skills in image scanning, technology, desktop publishing, pre-press production, color, output technology, and digital photgraphic technologies. Special attention is given to comparative study of output technologies and the translation of the onscreen image to offset lithography. Technical expertise and efficient working methodologies are applied to problems which are brought in to the class from other design courses as well as from both individual and group assigned projects. All software is standard to current graphic design industry practices.