The following is a list of institutions offering type design education.
Type design (also: typeface design, pop. font design), the art of creating typefaces, is taught at art and design colleges around the world. A small number of institutions offer a degree in type design; many others offer type design courses as part of their BA or MA curriculum in Graphic Design or Visual Communication. When no full type design course is offered, schools may invite professional type designers to give workshops; these one-off events are not listed in the overview below.
Specialized type design degrees
Argentina
Universidad de Buenos Aires FADU/UBA, Secretaría de Posgrado MT-UBA, Maestría en Tipografía Degree:
Brazil Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie e Tipocracia Tipografia e Design de Tipos Degree: Lato sensu postgraduate
Centro Universitário Senac, São Paulo Pós-graduação Senac-SP Curso de Pós-graduação em Tipografia Degree: Lato sensu postgraduate
France
École Estienne, Paris Atelier de Création Typographique DSAA Design Typographique Degree: Master 1
École supérieure d’art et de design, Amiens EsadType Post-diplôme Ésad Amiens Degree: Post-master course
Atelier National de Recherche Typographique, Nancy ANRT Degree: Post-master course
Germany
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig Class Type-Design Degree: Diplom Type-Design (MFA equivalent)
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Professorship for Typography and Type Design Degree: Visual Communication (B.A.), Visual Communication (M.A.)
Technische Hochschule Augsburg Professorship for Type Degree: Communication Design (B.A.), Identity Design (M.A.)
Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main Professorship for Typografie/Type Design Degree: Fine Arts (B.A.), Fine Arts (M.A.)
Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg Professorship for Type Design Degree: Communication Design (B.A.), Communication Design (M.A.)
Mexico
Centro de Estudios Gestalt, Veracruz Maestría en Diseño Tipográfico
The Netherlands
Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK), The Hague (Royal Academy of Art (The Hague)) Master of Design Type and Media Head of Program: Erik van Blokland Degree: MA
Spain
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Laura Meseguer, Co-director Degree: Diploma in Typographic Creation
University School of Design and Art of Barcelona (EINA) https://www.eina.cat/es/masters-y-postgrados/creacion-tipografica Degree: Diploma in Typographic Creation
Switzerland
École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL) (University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland) MA Art Direction: Type Design Degree: MA Art Direction
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, (University of the Arts) ZHdK, Zürich CAS Schriftgestaltung (Certificate of Advanced Studies in Type Design) MAS Type Design and Typography (Master of Advanced Studies in Type Design and Typography) Degree: Certificate
United Kingdom
University of Reading Department of Typography & Graphic Communication MA in Typeface Design Degree: MA Typeface Design Degree: PhD Typography
Anglia Ruskin University
Degree: PHD Graphic Design & Typography
United States
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York City Postgraduate Certificate in Typeface Design (Type@Cooper) Degree: Certificate
Letterform Archive, San Francisco Postgraduate Certificate in Typeface Design (Type West) Degree: Certificate
School of Visual Arts, New York City SVA Type Lab A 4-week immersive program in Typeface Design Degree: CE Summer Residency
Type design courses at design colleges and universities
Australia
University of Technology Sydney School of Design, Faculty of Design, Architecture & Building Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication
Belgium
Plantin Instituut voor Typografie, Antwerp Expert Class Type Design Degree: Certificate
PXL-MAD, Hasselt Reading Type & Typography Degree: Bachelor and Master
ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels Atelier de Typographie & Design Graphique Degree: Bachelor and Master
Brazil
Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) Bacharelado em Design (Undergraduate)
Centro Universitário Senac Bacharelado em Design / Habilitação em Comunicação Visual (Undergraduate)
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo Curso de Design (Undergraduate)
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES) Bacharelado em Desenho Industrial / Habilitação em Programação Visual (Undergraduate)
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSm) Bacharelado em Desenho Industrial / Habilitação em Programação Visual (Undergraduate)
Universidade Estadual Paulista 'Julio de Mesquita Filho' (UNesp, Bauru) Bacharelado em Design com habilitação em Design Gráfico (Undergraduate)
Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM) Bacharelado em Design com habilitação em Comunicação Visual e ênfase em Marketing (Undergraduate)
Canada
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver Studio courses in typography Studio course in Type Design
George Brown College SCHOOLOFDESIGN, Toronto Studio course: Experimental Typography (Instructor: Carl Shura)
University of Guelph-Humber, Toronto Course in Type Design Instructor: Patrick Griffin
OCAD University, Toronto Course in The Art of Type
York University, Toronto Course in Typeface Design
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal École de design Course in Type design Instructors: Alessandro Colizzi, Étienne Aubert-Bonn
Colombia
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Studio course in Type Design
Czech Republic
UMPRUM (AKA VŠUP or AAAD), Prague (Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design) Studio of Type Design and Typography
VUT: FaVU, Brno (Faculty of Fine Arts at the Brno University of Technology)
Denmark
Danish School of Media, Copenhagen
The Danish Design School, Copenhagen
Finland
Aalto University School of Art and Design Department of Media
France
École supérieure d’art et de design (ESAD), Amiens Post-diplôme « Typographie & language » diplome.esad-amiens.fr Post-diplôme Ésad Amiens
ESAC, Pau Atelier de typographie
Germany
Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Hamburg BA / MA Kommunikationsdesign mit Schwerpunkt Type Design
Designschule München (Berufsfachschule für Kommunikationsdesign)
Fachhochschule Augsburg (University of Applied Science) Fachbereich Gestaltung, Studiengang Kommunikationsdesign
Berliner technische Kunsthochschule BTK (University of Applied Science) Fachbereich Design, studiengangsübergreifend
Fachhochschule Potsdam (University of Applied Science) Fachbereich Design, Modul Kommunikationsdesign
Hochschule Darmstadt (University of Applied Science) Fachbereich Gestaltung, Studiengang Kommunikationsdesign
Hochschule Niederrhein (University of Applied Science) Fachbereich Design, Faculty of Design
Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar (Academy of Fine Arts Saar) Studiengang Kommunikationsdesign (BFA, Diplom, MFA)
Kunsthochschule Weißensee, Berlin (Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Berlin-Weißensee) Studiengang Visuelle Kommunikation (BFA, Master)
Muthesius Kunsthochschule, Kiel (Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design) Department of Design, Communication Design, Typography, Typeface Design BA and MA courses
Fachbereich Design, Studiengang Kommunikationsdesign, Typografie, Schriftgestaltung BA and MA courses
Ireland National College of Art & Design, Dublin
BA(Hons) Graphic Design
Italy
cfp Bauer, Milano Type design fundamentals Type design and Type in motion
Isia Urbino, Urbino Typographic techniques Type design
Politecnico di Milano, Milano Type Design (Communication Design BA)
México Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla Specialization course in Typeface Design
Poland
Akademia Sztuk Pięknych, Poznań Poznaniu Pracownia Znaku i Typografii Sign and Typography Studio
Akademicki Kurs Typografii, Warsaw Akademicki Kurs Typografii
Portugal
Communication and Art Department, University of Aveiro Course Syllabus Typography Course blog
Escola Superior de Arte e Design das Caldas da Rainha, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Graphic Design Course Type Design studies
Escola Superior de Arte e Design de Matosinhos Communication Design Course Type Design studies
Fine Art Faculty of the University of Porto Course Syllabus Type Design course website (course description, blog, projects, results,…)
Russia
British Higher School of Art and Design, Moscow Course of Type & Typography
Moscow State University of Printing Arts Type Design Workshop
Spain
Tipo.g Escuela de Tipografía de Barcelona Tipo.g Escuela de Tipografía de Barcelona
Sweden
Södertörn University, Stockholm Typsnittsdesign och typografi Typsnittsdesign och fontutveckling
United States California Institute of the Arts Program in Graphic Design
Maine College of Art Undergraduate program in Graphic Design (BFA)
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Parsons School of Design, New York Undergraduate Type Design
Portland State University Intro Level Type Design Course
Pratt Institute School of Art and Design
Rhode Island School of Design 1 Undergraduate and Masters Introduction to Type Design course
Savannah College of Art and Design 1 type face design undergraduate, 3 graduate level typeface design classes and 1 typeface marketing
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston Digital Type Founding: a fifteen-week course in type design Instructor: Charles Gibbons
School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York Continuing Education course in Type Design
University of Washington School of Art, Art History, & Design The Visual Communication Design Program
Yale School of Art Letterform/Type Design (showcase of previous work)
California College of the Arts One class on typeface design, offered as an investigative studio in junior year
Type West at Letterform Archive A year-long postgraduate certificate in typeface design grounded in the Letterform Archive collection of over 50,000 specimens from type and design history
California State University, Los Angeles Typeface Design
Notes
External links Education page of the ATypI website: Association Typographique Internationale, the worldwide association of typographers, typeface designers and manufacturers Education Wiki on Typophile Brazilian Typography Education Wiki (in Portuguese) Não conserte o que não está quebrado - Student experience during the Brazilian Postgraduate Studies in Typography (in Portuguese)