List of institutions offering type design education
The following is a list of institutions offering type design education.
Type design (also: typeface design, pop. font design), the art of creating typefaces, is taught at art and design colleges around the world. A small number of institutions offer a degree in type design; many others offer type design courses as part of their BA or MA curriculum in Graphic Design or Visual Communication. When no full type design course is offered, schools may invite professional type designers to give workshops; these one-off events are not listed in the overview below.[a]
Specialized type design degrees[edit]
Argentina[edit]
Universidad de Buenos Aires
FADU/UBA, Secretaría de Posgrado
MT-UBA, Maestría en Tipografía[b]
Degree:
Brazil[edit]
Centro Universitário Senac, São Paulo
Pós-graduação Senac-SP
Curso de Pós-graduação em Tipografia
Degree: Lato sensu postgraduate
France[edit]
École Estienne, Paris
Atelier de Création Typographique
DSAA Design Typographique
Degree: Master 1
École supérieure d’art et de design, Amiens
EsadType
Post-diplôme Ésad Amiens
Degree: Post-master course
Atelier National de Recherche Typographique, Nancy
ANRT
Degree: Post-master course
Germany[edit]
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
Class Type-Design
Degree: Diplom Type-Design (MFA equivalent)
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Professorship for Type Design and Typography
Degree: Visual Communication (B.A.), Visual Communication (M.A.)
Mexico[edit]
Centro de Estudios Gestalt, Veracruz
Maestría en Diseño Tipográfico
The Netherlands[edit]
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK), The Hague
(Royal Academy of Art (The Hague))
Master of Design Type and Media
Head of Program: Erik van Blokland
Degree: MA
Spain[edit]
Tipo.g
[1]
Laura Meseguer, Co-director
Degree: Diploma in Typographic Creation
University School of Design and Art of Barcelona (EINA)
https://www.eina.cat/es/masters-y-postgrados/creacion-tipografica
Degree: Diploma in Typographic Creation
Switzerland[edit]
École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL)
(University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland)
MA Art Direction: Type Design
Degree: MA Art Direction
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, (University of the Arts) ZHdK, Zürich
CAS Schriftgestaltung
(Certificate of Advanced Studies in Type Design)
MAS Type Design and Typography
(Master of Advanced Studies in Type Design and Typography)
Degree: Certificate
United Kingdom[edit]
University of Reading
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
MA in Typeface Design
Degree: MA Typeface Design
Degree: PhD Typography
Degree: PHD Graphic Design & Typography
United States[edit]
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York City
Postgraduate Certificate in Typeface Design (Type@Cooper)
Degree: Certificate
Letterform Archive, San Francisco
Postgraduate Certificate in Typeface Design (Type West)
Degree: Certificate
School of Visual Arts, New York City
SVA Type Lab A 4-week immersive program in Typeface Design
Degree: CE Summer Residency
Type design courses at design colleges and universities[edit]
Australia[edit]
University of Technology Sydney
School of Design, Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building
Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication
Belgium[edit]
Plantin Instituut voor Typografie, Antwerp
Expert Class Type Design
Degree: Certificate
PXL-MAD, Hasselt
Reading Type & Typography
Degree: Bachelor and Master
ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels
Atelier de Typographie & Design Graphique
Degree: Bachelor and Master
Brazil[edit]
Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
Bacharelado em Design (Undergraduate)
Centro Universitário Senac
Bacharelado em Design / Habilitação em Comunicação Visual (Undergraduate)
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo
Curso de Design (Undergraduate)
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES)
Bacharelado em Desenho Industrial / Habilitação em Programação Visual (Undergraduate)
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSm)
Bacharelado em Desenho Industrial / Habilitação em Programação Visual (Undergraduate)
Universidade Estadual Paulista 'Julio de Mesquita Filho' (UNesp, Bauru)
Bacharelado em Design com habilitação em Design Gráfico (Undergraduate)
Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM)
Bacharelado em Design com habilitação em Comunicação Visual e ênfase em Marketing (Undergraduate)
Canada[edit]
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver
Studio courses in typography
Studio course in Type Design
George Brown College SCHOOLOFDESIGN, Toronto
Studio course: Experimental Typography
University of Guelph Humber, Toronto
Course in Type Design
Instructor: Patrick Griffin
OCAD University, Toronto
Course in The Art of Type
York University, Toronto
Course in Typeface Design
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal
École de design
Course in Type design
Instructors: Alessandro Colizzi, Étienne Aubert-Bonn
Colombia[edit]
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá
Studio course in Type Design
Czech Republic[edit]
UMPRUM (AKA VŠUP or AAAD), Prague
(Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design)
Studio of Type Design and Typography
VUT: FaVU, Brno
(Faculty of Fine Arts at the Brno University of Technology)
Denmark[edit]
Danish School of Media, Copenhagen
The Danish Design School, Copenhagen
Finland[edit]
Aalto University School of Art and Design
Department of Media
KyAMK, Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences
France[edit]
École supérieure d’art et de design (ESAD), Amiens
Post-diplôme « Typographie & language »
diplome.esad-amiens.fr Post-diplôme Ésad Amiens
ESAC, Pau
Atelier de typographie
Germany[edit]
HAW Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Hamburg
BA / MA Kommunikationsdesign mit Schwerpunkt Type Design
Designschule München
(Berufsfachschule für Kommunikationsdesign)
Fachhochschule Augsburg
(University of Applied Science)
Fachbereich Gestaltung, Studiengang Kommunikationsdesign
Berliner technische Kunsthochschule BTK
(University of Applied Science)
Fachbereich Design, studiengangsübergreifend
Fachhochschule Potsdam
(University of Applied Science)
Fachbereich Design, Modul Kommunikationsdesign
Hochschule Darmstadt
(University of Applied Science)
Fachbereich Gestaltung, Studiengang Kommunikationsdesign
Hochschule Niederrhein
(University of Applied Science)
Fachbereich Design, Faculty of Design
Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar
(Academy of Fine Arts Saar)
Studiengang Kommunikationsdesign (BFA, Diplom, MFA)
Kunsthochschule Weißensee, Berlin
(Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Berlin-Weißensee)
Studiengang Visuelle Kommunikation (BFA, Master)
Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel
(Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design)
Department of Design, Communication Design, Typography, Typeface Design BA and MA courses
Fachbereich Design, Studiengang Kommunikationsdesign, Typografie, Schriftgestaltung BA and MA courses
Ireland[edit]
National College of Art & Design, Dublin
Italy[edit]
Isia Urbino, Urbino
Typographic techniques [2]
Type design [3]
Politecnico di Milano, Milano
Type Design (Communication Design BA) [4]
México[edit]
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla
Specialization course in Typeface Design
Poland[edit]
Akademia Sztuk Pięknych, Poznań
Poznaniu Pracownia Znaku i Typografii
Sign and Typography Studio
Akademicki Kurs Typografii, Warszawa
Akademicki Kurs Typografii
Portugal[edit]
Communication and Art Department, University of Aveiro
Course Syllabus
Typography Course blog
Escola Superior de Arte e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
Graphic Design Course Type Design studies
Escola Superior de Arte e Design de Matosinhos
Communication Design Course Type Design studies
Fine Art Faculty of the University of Porto
Course Syllabus
Type Design course website (course description, blog, projects, results,…)
Russia[edit]
British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow
Course of Type & Typography
Moscow State University of Printing Arts
Type Design Workshop
Spain[edit]
Tipo.g Escuela de Tipografía de Barcelona
Tipo.g Escuela de Tipografía de Barcelona
Sweden[edit]
Södertörn University, Stockholm
Typsnittsdesign och typografi [5]
Typsnittsdesign och fontutveckling [6]
United States[edit]
California Institute of the Arts
Program in Graphic Design
Maine College of Art
Undergraduate program in Graphic Design (BFA)
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Graphic Design undergraduate program (BFA)
Parsons School of Design, New York
Undergraduate Type Design
Portland State University
Intro Level Type Design Course
Pratt Institute
School of Art and Design
Rhode Island School of Design
1 Undergraduate and Masters Introduction to Type Design course
Savannah College of Art and Design
1 type face design undergraduate, 3 graduate level typeface design classes and 1 typeface marketing
[7]
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston
Digital Type Founding: a fifteen-week course in type design
Instructor: Charles Gibbons
School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York
Continuing Education course in Type Design
University of Washington School of Art, Art History, & Design
The Visual Communication Design Program
Yale School of Art
Letterform/Type Design (showcase of previous work)
California College of the Arts
One class on typeface design, offered as an investigative studio in junior year
[8]
Type West at Letterform Archive
A year-long postgraduate certificate in typeface design grounded in the Letterform Archive collection of over 50,000 specimens from type and design history
California State University, Los Angeles
Typeface Design
Notes[edit]
- ^ This list is meant to reflect the current situation and relies on direct input from the institutions involved. Little written documentation is available, and the institutions' websites are not always up to date.
- ^ In Romance languages, "typographie"/"tipografía", etc., is often used to mean "typography" (the art of using type) as well as "type design" (the art of making type). There is some confusion about this in other languages as well. This article only lists schools that offer a curriculum or course(s) in designing typefaces (fonts).
External links[edit]
- Education page of the ATypI website: Association Typographique Internationale, the worldwide association of typographers, typeface designers and manufacturers
- Education Wiki on Typophile
- Brazilian Typography Education Wiki (in Portuguese)
- Não conserte o que não está quebrado - Student experience during the Brazilian Postgraduate Studies in Typography (in Portuguese)