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MA Communication Design: Typeface Design Pathway

University of Reading

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Course options

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  • Qualification

    MA - Master of Arts

  • Location

    Whiteknights Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    14-SEP-26

  • Duration

    1 Year

Course summary

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 typeface family, exploring issues of character complements, the development of family styles across scripts, and the relationship of convention and modernity in typeface design.

Application deadline

01/08/2025

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
(International fees)

£ 26,450per year

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University information

University of Reading

University of Reading

University of Reading

  • University League Table

    36th

  • Campus address

    Whiteknights Campus, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6UD, United Kingdom

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Art & Design

    9th out of 83 1

  • Entry standards

    / Max 228
    140 61%

    27th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    78.0 78%

    5th

    8

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.18 79%

    35th

    8

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