DESMA 25
Typography
Design|Media Arts · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Foundational introduction to typographic basics: letter, text, and grid. Introduction to the fundamentals of typography. Assignments designed to develop understanding of form, scale, and shape of letters as single elements and as texture in layout. Emphasis on grid (structure and layout) and information hierarchy to create successful typographic messages.
P/NP or letter grading.
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DESMA 25
- DESMA 110Tangible Media
- DESMA 125Game Design
- DESMA 126Game Engine
- DESMA 129Collaborative Game Lab
- DESMA 159ASenior Praxis
- DESMA 159BSenior Capstone Project
- DESMA 112Performing User
- DESMA 113Generative Art
- DESMA 114Arts Research and Practice
- DESMA 115Art and Science Collaboration
- DESMA 116Sonic Media
- DESMA 140Word + Image
- DESMA 111Art and the Internet
- DESMA 141Web Design and User Interface and Experience
- DESMA 142Design Systems
- DESMA 144Type in Motion
- DESMA 145Design Research
- DESMA 146Ecological Arts and Justice Practice
- DESMA 159Capstone Senior Project in Design Media Arts
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