Communication Design: Typeface Design Pathway

University of Reading

Postgraduate MA Full-time 12 Months ArtFashion, textiles, and jewelleryGraphic designProduct design

Communication Design: Typeface Design Pathway MA is a postgraduate degree at University of Reading, based in Reading, taught full-time over 12 months.

About this course

The MA Communication Design: Typeface Design Pathway combines the development of practical skills with the study of historical and theoretical issues, in a world-class research-intensive environment*.

This course integrates shared elements of study and pathway-specific elements. This Typeface Design pathway allows for specialisation and a deeper engagement with Communication Design.

The Typeface Design pathway focuses on the development of multiscript typefaces for text-intensive applications. Students work on defining, planning, and designing a multiscript typeface family, exploring issues of character complements, the development of family styles across scripts, and the relationship of convention and modernity in typeface design.

Why study MA Communication Design: Typeface Design Pathway at Reading?

- The global reference programme in the field

- First university-based pathway in this subject

- Highly international student body, with a wide range of backgrounds

- Pathway combines practical and academic elements into a signature model for design education

- Design and research areas are global in perspective, with a wide variety of typographic scripts covered

For more information, please visit the programme page: https://www.reading.ac.uk/ready-to-study/study/subject-area/typography-and-graphic-communication-pg/mres-typeface-design

Study Options

This course is available in 2 study options:

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 12 Months

Qualification: MA

Location: Reading

Part-time

Duration: 24 Months

Qualification: MA

Location: Reading

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Course Details

Qualification
MA
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
12 Months
Start Date
2025

2025-entry data — 2026 offers may differ

Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Reading
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design, Product design