Courses /
Design
Design
Type and layout for beginners
Choose, pair and set type so pages feel calm and easy to read.
with Priya Raman
Weeks
5
Lessons
15
Per week
2–4 hrs
Format
Self-paced
Classes
Any time
Starts
Any time
What you’ll make
A sense of which typefaces suit which job
A simple grid you can reuse
Three finished layouts: a poster, a menu, a page
Checklist for calm, readable pages
Week by week
Week 01
Looking at type
A page of type you like, annotated
Week 02
Pairing
Two pairings for one text
Week 03
Size and spacing
A set text, made comfortable to read
Week 04
The grid
A poster on a simple grid
Week 05
Putting it together
A menu and a magazine page
Your tutor
Priya Raman
Book and editorial designer
Priya designs books, reports and the odd restaurant menu. She loves the quiet decisions that make a page easy to read and teaches them in plain language, without jargon.
Before you book
Every live class is recorded and posted the same night. Watch it when you can, hand in the brief by Sunday, and you still get written notes from your tutor.
Kit list
A computer with any layout app. A free one is fine.
that’s all you need
