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Tuition fee
1250 GBP / full
1250 GBP / full
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1250 GBP / full
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Duration
14 days
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14 days
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Taught in
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About

Develop your typographic expertise in an open and experimental online environment with this short course in Typography (Online) offered by Royal College of Art, under the expert guidance of Adrian Shaughnessy and other tutors.

Overview

Key facts

  • Typography is part science and part art and a failure to understand this can result in mediocre typographic expression at best or miscommunication at worst.
  • This course in Typography (Online) offered by Royal College of Art aims to provide you with the core principles of typography (the science) but also to inspire you to develop your typographic expression in the process (the art).

Accreditation

This course will be most beneficial for:

  • Graphic design students
  • Recent graduates who wish to improve their typography skills and knowledge
  • Professionals working in publishing, advertising and communication
  • Prospective graphic design/visual communication students
  • Anyone seeking an opportunity to experiment without professional constraint

Programme Structure

By the end of this course, you will have learnt:

  • to confidently make type function in various settings, from traditional to contemporary, from handmade to computer-generated, from print to electronic;
  • to develop your own typographic projects and present them in front of RCA tutors;
  • a set of new skills and tools to improve your personal typographic expression.

Lecturers

Adrian Shaughnessy, Visiting Lecturer, Royal College of Art

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 14 days

Start dates & application deadlines

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More details

Register your interest on the university’s website for the next start dates.

Language

English

Delivered

Online
  • Fully structured
  • Continuous support with feedback on request, Proactive tutoring and support
  • Individual work/assignments (with online group discussions), Online group works/assignments

Campus Location

  • London, United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

It is preferable for participants to:

  • have an undergraduate degree in a design or a demonstrably creative background;
  • be familiar with some of the industry-standard software packages (e.g. Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop, FontLab, Glyphs, etc);
  • use a desktop computer or laptop;
  • have a basic understanding of typography.
Participants must be 18 years or over and have a good level of English language proficiency.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.
  • International

    Non-residents
    1250 GBP / full
    1250 GBP / full
  • Domestic

    Citizens or residents
    1250 GBP / full
    1250 GBP / full

Funding

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