Calligraphy / IDEA 216

June 13, 2011 Interdisciplinary students from CAD and RIT Faculty: Lorrie Frear

Calligraphy is offered to all students at RIT as an elective. Students may take this course any number of times because we study a different hand each semester, and advanced students refine a hand or learn new techniques. The diversity of students, skill levels and experience makes this a fantastic class to teach.

This section shows the diversity of projects undertaken by students, many of which are guided by personal interest or professional expertise.

For five years, students also had the opportunity to submit their best calligraphy to the amazingly talented and wonderful Kris Holmes, the designer of Lucida and many other typefaces that we use every day. If accepted into the Type Design class, students created an entire working typeface using their calligraphy as a point of departure.

This combined Calligraphy and Type Design experience was a unique offering in the U.S.