VCO3305 Digital font design
Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture
VCO3305 Digital font design is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, offered in 2021 in Semester 2 at Caulfield. It needs OHS1000 and VCO2304.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Semester 2
- Caulfield
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2022 entry.
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Requisites
Before VCO3305
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After VCO3305
No unit lists VCO3305 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: VCO2303
Overview
While this unit is concerned with the acquisition of skills to produce fonts digitally, the emphasis is on focused experimentation and the refinement of those skills. You will become familiar with the potentiality and limitations of specific font software packages and learn how to achieve high quality results. This is a highly specialised area of computer-generated typography and offers you the opportunity to be in the forefront of font development. Questions of legibility and the challenging of traditional methods of conveying messages through typography are addressed, discussed and debated.
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Caulfield | On campus |
Assessment
- Research Project 110%
- Design Project 120%
- Research Project 210%
- Desigh Project 240%
- Design Project 320%
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
12 hours per week including 3 contact hours plus 9 hours of independent study.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Mr Vincent Chan
- Chief Examiners
- Mr Warren Taylor