CDS3305 Type design
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
CDS3305 Type design is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It needs VCO1302 or CDS1302.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 4 tasks
The 2027 handbook has no page for CDS3305. This is its 2025 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before CDS3305
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After CDS3305
No unit lists CDS3305 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: VCO2303
Overview
This unit is concerned with the process of designing type to a professional level. It provides the opportunity to take a deep dive into this field from a pragmatic and theoretical perspective guided by the idea that letters mean what they are as much as what they say. You will delve into the latest developments in type technology and understand the formal complexities of designing your own typefaces whilst grappling with questions of originality, and how to approach historical models and the political nature of letterforms and language. Emphasis is given to experimentation and exposure to contemporary type design software and workflows.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Exercise10%
- Project 1Project30%
- Project 2Project40%
- Project 3Project20%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Understand how to create digital fonts using specific design software;
- 2
Demonstrate a sound knowledge of type construction;
- 3
Use a computer as an effective design tool;
- 4
Demonstrate a greater understanding of the importance of type legibility through the design and application of digitally produced fonts;
- 5
Digitally produce fonts with skill and focused experimentation to a professional standard;
- 6
Consider research as a strategy to develop and initiate concept development within your practical work.
Workload and teaching
- Studio activities36 hours
12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Mr Warren Taylor
- Unit Coordinators
- Mr Warren Taylor