Jamie Otelsberg
has successfully completed an online offering of
Typography in Graphic Design
Taught by
Tobias Frere-Jones, Claudia de Almeida, Tom Benton, & Julian Oddman
Course Run Dates: February 20, 2018 — February 15, 2020
Issued: June 1, 2018

Learning Outcomes

Type, Culture, and History

• Ability to explore the diversity of type in public spaces and type's role in the history of those spaces. • Ability to review the history and development of the main typeface classifications.

Working with Type

  • Ability to review the features and strengths of the main typeface classifications.
  • Ability to experiment with type as image and explore how compositional techniques can help amplify type's impact.

Designing with Type

• Understanding of the use of hierarchy and layout for combining different typefaces with images and other visual assets.