Creative Typesetting for Editorial Projects
Learning to See
A course by Fraser Muggeridge, Typographic Designer
Joined December 2020
About the video: Learning to See
Overview
“In this lesson, I will introduce you to your project. We will review different examples of books as a way of exploring how to set paragraphs using typography. I will explore how these paragraphs inform the design so that they become the central design concept.”
In this video lesson Fraser Muggeridge addresses the topic: Learning to See , which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Typesetting for Editorial Projects. Learn to apply practical typographic details to a piece of text to communicate tone, feeling, and emotion.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Learning to See We'll also be looking at examples of different books, some designed by others, some designed by me as a way of showing you examples of different ways of setting typography. I'll explore how the shaping of these paragraphs becomes the design and often, the key design concept itself. First, let me introduce you to the final project. The final project is to set a chapter of a book and look at the typography and how it's organised creatively. As a student, you'll learn how to look and analyse a piece of text, how to shape the paragraphs of typography, and how to design them so...”
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Course summary for: Creative Typesetting for Editorial Projects
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Design, Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Typography

Fraser Muggeridge
A course by Fraser Muggeridge
Fraser Muggeridge studio is a typographic design company based in London. Throughout a wide range of formats, from artists’ books and exhibition catalogs to posters, marketing material, exhibitions, and websites, the studio prioritizes artists’ and writers’ content over signature style.
Fraser Muggeridge founded and is a tutor at Typography Summer School, a week-long program of typographic study for recent graduates and professionals, held in London (since 2010) and New York (since 2013). He is a visiting lecturer at The University of Readingon the MA Book Design Course and Camberwell College of Art, London, 2nd Year of BA Graphic Design. His work is showcased in the Special Collections at Chelsea College of Arts Library, London; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, and The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
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