I am a graphic design major student at University of Utah. Since I am a graphic design major student, I have to live with all kinds of graphic arts including typography. I have never learned typography before this semester, but then I decided to take Typography 1 class--which was the requirement for my major. Anyway, I have been doing some assignments from that class. Typography is more like designing layouts. It is very simple, but there is a rule before that. YOU NEED TO KNOW THE TYPEFACE YOU ARE USING. There are tons of typefaces out the world, and all individual typefaces have their own characteristics. Every typeface has a place to be used. For example, helvetica works great with the subject title, on the other hand, garamond is perfect for a long body text.
So, I study one typeface a week besides the class study. There is no typeface to blame. All the typefaces are great and beautiful. People should learn more about typefaces too!
You should teach us a little typography 101 :) I think it is amazing how the difference in type can dramatically change your writing. Sounds like an interesting class. I hope you post more about what you are learning.
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