Continuing Education has re-structured the type design classes again to make more sense for students with different skill levels and interests. This is slowly developing into a miniaturized type design curriculum in itself. Just add a calligraphy class to the beginning, the letterpress class to the end and presto: 5 semesters of intensive immersion in type!

So these are the three type design classes and their boilerplate descriptions. If you have questions please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Recommended reading for all three classes
The stroke: theory of writing by Gerrit Noordzij Introduction to type design: Hand drawn type - The Roman Letterforms
While the biggest part of today's type industry has moved into the digital domain, the underlying skills, practices and theories have remained fairly unchanged. This hands-on type design class explores the design process with a strong focus on classic drawing skills and a firm conceptual understanding of letter forms. Using pen and paper the students will be guided through two extensive type design projects complemented by a number of short exercises to practice different design methods.

Experience in calligraphy is a plus but not required. This class forms a perfect precursor for "Introduction to type design in FontLab Studio v.5".

Fall registration starts August 25th, 2008. To sign up please contact the Continuing Education department. Materials to bring

• vellum (US letter sized)
• ruler
• drop action pencil
• eraser
• black waterproof fine liner
• thick waterproof marker
• white out pen

Introduction to type design: Hand drawn type - The Italic Letterforms
In most respects this class is identical with class No.1 but deals with the italic construction exlusively.



Introduction to Digital Type Design in FontLab Studio v.5
The design and production processes of typefaces have significantly changed in the past twenty years. In this advanced hands-on workshop Hannes Famira will guide the participants step by step through the different stages of up-to-date font development. The participants will grow familiar with the software application FontLab Studio v.5 by drawing and producing their own functioning digital type faces. The topics covered will be tracing the artwork and the techniques of perfecting curves, building diacritics as well as the secrets of spacing and kerning.

Fall registration starts August 25th, 2008. To sign up please contact the Continuing Education department. Materials to bring

• sketches or other source material
• black waterproof fine liner
• thick waterproof marker
• white out pen
• digital storage medium