The MA Communication Design: Typeface Design Pathway combines the development of practical skills with the study of historical and theoretical issues, in a world-class research-intensive environment*.
This course integrates shared elements of study and pathway-specific elements. This Typeface Design pathway allows for specialisation and a deeper engagement with Communication Design.
The Typeface Design pathway focuses on the development of multiscript typefaces for text-intensive applications. Students work on defining, planning, and designing a multiscript typefac...
The MA Communication Design: Typeface Design Pathway combines the development of practical skills with the study of historical and theoretical issues, in a world-class research-intensive environment*.<br/><br/>This course integrates shared elements of study and pathway-specific elements. This Typeface Design pathway allows for specialisation and a deeper engagement with Communication Design.<br/><br/>The Typeface Design pathway focuses on the development of multiscript typefaces for text-intensive applications. Students work on defining, planning, and designing a multiscript typeface family, exploring issues of character complements, the development of family styles across scripts, and the relationship of convention and modernity in typeface design.<br/><br/>Why study MA Communication Design: Typeface Design Pathway at Reading?<br/><br/><br/>- The global reference programme in the field<br/><br/><br/>- First university-based pathway in this subject<br/><br/><br/>- Highly international student body, with a wide range of backgrounds<br/><br/><br/>- Pathway combines practical and academic elements into a signature model for design education<br/><br/><br/>- Design and research areas are global in perspective, with a wide variety of typographic scripts covered <br/><br/><br/>**For more information, please visit the programme page**: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/typography-and-graphic-communication-pg/mres-typeface-design
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
12 Months
Start Date
09/2025
Campus
University of Reading
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Course Code
Unknown
Institution Code
R12
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Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year |
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England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £11,750 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |
EU, International | £25,850 | 2024/25 | Year 1 |