There are many great sites to learn about typography on the internet. You can research and find many great resources.
Websitetips.com offers many tutorials, books, and articles on typography. You will get a section of annotated links in order to find even more articles and tutorials related to typography.
Training-classes.com offers a wide variety of seminars and classes. It is broken down into different areas of typography. You can choose which area is more suited to your needs.
There are many great resources on ilovetypography.com. You will find a very wide variety on this site including fonts, typography guides, and so much more. This is rated a great site from many web designers out there.
Lynda.com offers InDesign CS2. This is said to be one of the world’s best when it comes to learning typography. It is a program that allows you to work at your own pace. You start of with the basics of character and formatting paragraphs. Then you really begin to get into style and typographic principles. The program allows you to work with real world designs and examples. There are large amounts of training videos to help people out. This site offers some free learning, but the big program that is self paced you must pay for.
Training.sessions.edu offers typography and design classes online. There is a tuition required for this. You can gain immediate access and work at your own pace. The classes last for 3 months. You get a good supply of class material and feedback from instructors. The site gives an in depth biography of the instructor, and a wonderful outline of the course, which is very descriptive.
Worldwidelearn.com gives a list of colleges and other places that offer graphic design and topography. You can choose from many different online tutorials and courses. There are also many how-to readings, tips, and tricks. You have the ability to train for a new career from online schools that offer certificates.
You can learn a lot about decorative typography from edufire.com. They schedule classes, so if you are interested you need to keep an eye out for the next scheduled time. You can participate in classes, forums, and groups. The site offers tutors and videos to help you along through the courses.
You do have to pay, but thelearningcenter.com offers an advanced typography course. It will give you great descriptions and an in-depth course outline. This really looks like a well-rounded program.
Many places offer typography lessons and classes online. It is good to search with your preferred search engine. The one advantage is that very experienced web designers teach many of these classes. They take what seems to be hard and teach people to apply it to real life situations. Some of these sites offer great stuff for free. Many sites, you pay for actual courses, but that is if you are interested in becoming career ready. The internet has both to offer from many great sites.
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