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Job:03171 Title:Typography Referenced (Rockport)
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United States
CalArts, California Institute of the
Arts, Valencia, California
www.calarts.edu
Typography is part of a wide range of
graphic design studies at CalArts.
The Cleveland Institute of Art , Cleveland
www.cia.edu
Typography is part of a wide range of
graphic design studies at .
The Cooper Union, New York
www.cooper.edu
The Cooper Union has a long-standing reputation for the
teaching of typographic excellence, with alumni including
such design greats as Herb Lubalin () and Milton Glaser.
In conjuction with the Type Director’s Club (), the
school recently introduced a postgraduate certifi cate in
type design, Type@Cooper, the fi rst of its kind off ered
in the United States. Visit www.coopertype.org for more
information. This is truly a specialist typography and
type design course, refl ected by the fact that only those
with an undergraduate qualifi cation or professional
experience are eligible. The school also incorporates the
Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography.
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfi eld Hills, Michigan
www.cranbrookart.edu
Typography is part of a wide range of graphic
design studies at Cranbrook.
Maryland Institute College of Art , Baltimore
www.mica.edu
Typography is part of a wide range of
graphic design studies at .
Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts
www.montserrat.edu
Montserrat College of Art off ers an intensive course focusing on
the fundamentals of typography and page layout. The school
also provides in-house letterpress facilities for its students.
Parsons The New School for Design, New York
www.newschool.edu/parsons
Parsons off ers a number of specialist typography courses,
including an intensive program introducing students
from other programs to the history, form, and use of
typography. In addition there is typography studio, an
advanced course aimed at students with an interest in
developing more complex typographic projects.
Pratt Institute, School of Art & Design, New York
www.pratt.edu/academics/art_design
Typography is part of a wide range of
graphic design studies at Pratt.
Rhode Island School of Design ,
Providence, Rhode Island
www.risd.edu
A specialist typography course open to graphics majors
at allows students to study letterforms, type design
and classifi cation, proportion, and hierarchy () to an
advanced level. The course focuses on the details of page
composition with particular emphasis on the relationship
between space, legibility (), and aesthetics.
Rochester Institute of Technology
, Rochester, New York
www.rit.edu
Typography is part of a wide range of
graphic design studies at .
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
www.saic.edu
Typography is part of a wide range of graphic design studies.
School of Visual Arts , New York
www.schoolofvisualarts.edu
Typography is part of a wide range of
graphic design studies at .
Yale University School of Art
www.art.yale.edu
Typography is part of a wide range of graphic design
studies at the Yale University School of Art.
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