Typography Courses and Certifications

Introduction to Typography

11 ratings

Manipulate the visual form of language to control its meaning: study letterform anatomy, point measurements, typeface history, grids and hierarchy, and design a typographic poster.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Typography for Developers Tutorial - Full Course

25 ratings

Learn how typefaces, contrast, spacing, and font choices shape readable digital designs, with a typography project in Figma.

• freeCodeCamp
• 2-3 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Futur

Typography & Design

12 ratings

Learn ten practical rules for controlling graphic design layouts through functional typography, hierarchy, flow, legibility, grouping, and contrast.

• YouTube
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Typography Fundamentals

23 ratings at CreativeLive

Learn to see type like a designer, choose effective typefaces, use OpenType efficiently, and recognize common typographic mistakes.

• CreativeLive
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Advanced Typography: Fine Tuning and Finessing

15 ratings at CreativeLive

Advanced Typography: Fine Tuning and Finessing with Ilene Strizver

• CreativeLive
• 6 hours 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Design Fundamentals: Typography

1 rating at CreativeLive

Design Fundamentals: Typography with Justin Seeley

• CreativeLive
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

FAST CLASS: Typography Fundamentals

FAST CLASS: Typography Fundamentals with Ilene Strizver

• CreativeLive
• 2 hours 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to Typography

Explores typography as the foundation of communication design.

• CreativeLive
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Textual Elements of Design: Fonts, Typography, and Spacing

293 ratings at Coursera

Learn to choose and pair typefaces: typography history, typeface anatomy, font hierarchy, alignment, leading, tracking and kerning, applied to a brochure or postcard design.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Envato Tuts+

The Ultimate Guide to Typography

8 ratings

Do you know the difference between a typeface and a font? Tracking and kerning? Learn everything you need to know in our ultimate typography guide

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Adobe

Typography and Layout

Design with type in Adobe Illustrator: format text on paths and in paragraphs, adjust spacing and size, and compose layouts using grids, hierarchy, and alignment.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

School of Visual Arts

The Practical History of Typography

2 ratings

Trace typography from the Latin alphabet and metal type to variable fonts, learning typeface classifications, letterform anatomy, hierarchy, and movements like the Bauhaus and New Typography.

• Kadenze
• 24 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

School of Visual Arts

Typography in Graphic Design

Choose and combine typefaces: examine stroke widths, x-heights and serif qualities, compose type in words and paragraphs, and trace type history and vernaculars.

• Kadenze
• 24 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Fundamentals of Graphic Design

22 ratings

Build core graphic design skills through imagemaking, typographic anatomy and typesetting, shape and color theory, and composition projects like monograms, business cards, patterns, and posters.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Futur Academy

Typography Critique Week 1 - One Weight, One Pt. Size - Designing with Limitations

A critique-based introduction to typography that uses strict one-weight, one-size layouts to teach hierarchy, grouping, spacing, alignment, and grids.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video