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Typography I

AY2020/2021 Semester 2

History of printing and type classification: Brief introduction of the origin of western print history Analysis of type classifications from Blackletter onwards Principles of layout (in context of single page): An exploration of understanding space, balance, hierarchy, grid structure in layout design An exploration of text treatment, (scale, font use, paragraphs, kern, track, lead. An overview of basic ?type crimes?

AUs	3.0 AUs
Categories	CoreBDE
Not Available To Programme	ACBS, ACC, AERO, ARED, ASEC, BCE, BCG, BEEC, BIE, BMS, BS, BSB, BSPY, BUS, CBE, CBEC, CE, CEE, CEEC, CHEM, CHIN, CS, CSC, CSEC, CVEC, DSAI, ECMA, ECON, ECPP, ECPS, EEE, EEEC, EESS, ELAH, ELH, ENE, ENEC, ENG, ESPP, HIST, IEEC, IEM, LMS, MACS, MAEC, MAEO, MAT, MATH, ME(DES), ME(NULL), ME(RMS), MEEC(DES), MEEC(NULL), MEEC(RMS), MS, MS-2ndMaj/Spec(MSB), MTEC, PHIL, PHY, PPGA, PSLM, PSMA, PSY, REP, SCED, SOC, SSM
Not Available To All Programme With	Yr1
Not Available As BDE/UE To Programme	ADM(DA)
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