Designing With Type began as a textbook devoted to the art and appreciation of typography. Through a wide variety of media channels, it has grown into a unique typographic resource for students, educators, and professionals, showcasing talent from around the world.

 Celebrating half a century and millions of readers and viewers

DWT Websites

DesigningWithType.com, the original website, was created as a supplement to the textbook Designing with Type, and continues to offer a unique typographic resource for students, educators, and professionals around the world.
Designingwithtype.com/5, the companion website to the fifth edition, was designed to provide valuable resources beyond the scope of the original site and the printed book.
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DWT Workshop

Conducted internationally by James Craig, the workshop offers both a creative challenge for the students and a rare opportunity to compare their work with major schools from around the world. It  is built around three projects designed to explore different aspects of typography and graphic design. The projects are directed primarily towards students who are just beginning to appreciate the richness and potential of typography and are eager to learn more about its creative possibilities.

Note: Arrangements can also be made for schools to conduct the workshop independently. Please contact us for details.
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DWT Awards

Made possible by a generous gift from two dedicated Cooper Union alumni, James Craig (A’63) and Irene Scala (née Zborovsky, A97), the Designing with Type Study Abroad Awards provide $10,000 for Cooper Union art students who exhibit a strong interest in graphic design and wish to study in a foreign country. Designed to help cover travel and living expenses, the awards allow students to advance their design skills while engaging in life-enhancing, cultural experiences.
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DWT Book and eBook

Designing with Type was first published forty-five years ago and is now in its fifth edition. This classic textbook has sold well over a quarter million copies and has been translated into multiple languages (Korean, Russian, and Spanish) and has sold well over a quarter million copies. In spite of dramatic changes in the industry, Designing with Type has been adopted by design schools around the world and continues to educate and inspire.
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The Design Team

James Craig

A well-known graphic designer, educator, and author of books on graphic design, James Craig was born in Montreal, Canada. He studied fine arts in Montreal and Paris before immigrating to the United States. He received his BFA from The Cooper Union and his MFA from Yale University. Mr Craig was the Design Director for Watson-Guptill Publications and is a member of the New York Art Directors Club, Type Directors Club (TDC), and Typophiles. Mr. Craig has written a number of successful books on graphic design and typography, among the more popular are: Designing with Type, Production for the Graphic Designer, Graphic Design Career Guide, and Thirty Centuries of Graphic Design. For thirty years Mr. Craig taught typography and design at The Cooper Union, now semi-retired he lectures widely, conducting workshops around the world.

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Irene Korol Scala

Author, educator, and typophile, Irene Scala is a proud graduate of The Cooper Union where she earned a B.F.A. After postgraduate study at The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, she returned to NYC to hone her craft. Having worked at multidisciplinary design studios, a couple of publishing companies, and a wide array of independent clients, Irene currently assumes the post of Executive Creative Director at Spark451, a rapidly growing marketing firm focused on higher education. Irene Scala had teamed up with James Craig in teaching Typography at The Cooper Union. Together, she and Craig coauthored and redesigned the Fifth Edition of his classic textbook Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography, which began their partnership in developing the entire DWT enterprise.

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William M. Bevington

William M Bevington is an information Designer and Information theorist. A graduate of The Cooper Union, Bevington also taught there for fifteen years before serving as the Chair of Communication Design at Parsons School of Design, later assuming the role of Executive Director of PIIM, The Parsons Institute for Information Mapping. In addition to academic and research work Bevington served as  Creative Director for Spire Integrated Design, and senior consultant to Siegel+Gale, New York. Prior, he was a creative director at the storied Push Pin Studios.He has lectured worldwide, illustrated Graphic Designers Production Handbook (Norman Sanders), and coauthored Working with Graphic Designers, and Designing with Type with James Craig. He is also the author of Typography: The Principles, A Basic Guide to Using Type. Bevington’s most recent work is Japanese Steel: Classic Bicycle Design from Japan. Mr. Bevington enjoys being with his family, road bicycling, splitting and artfully stacking wood, and restoring mechanical things.

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The Critics Have Spoken

“Thank you for Designing with Type.  You did it again. The material is indeed very useful.”

− Paul Rand, Designer, Educator

“An excellent and useful introduction to the subject.”

− Milton Glaser, Graphic Designer, Educator

“Your books are wonderful instruments for professionals and teachers.”

− Adrian Frutiger, Typographer, Designer

“A clear, straightforward presentation of the basics of working typography.”

− Ivan Chermayeff, Graphic Designer

“Excellent…really the best book so far on the subject.”

− Alvin Eisenman, Former Director of the Yale University Graduate Program in Graphic Design

“This is the one book I would recommend for every graphic design student.”

− Gordon Salchow, University of Cincinnati and former Vice-President of Education, AIGA

“An excellent book for anyone starting out in type.”

− Aaron Burns, Founder, International Typeface Corporation

“One of the most important publications in recent years for the design educator and the student.”

− Rob Roy Kelly, Graphic Designer, Educator

“Jim Craig’s timeless lessons last a lifetime. I still rely on them forty years later.”

− Michael Bierut, partner at Pentagram, designer, educator

“Very instructive, not only for a student to start with type, but as a guide book on the desk.”

− Hermann Zapf, Typeface Designer, Calligrapher

“I am impressed…an excellent teaching tool. It is absolutely first rate. Your books are so well documented and organized with such clarity that they serve as the perfect teaching aid.”

− George Sadek, former Dean, The Cooper Union

“I find this book very clear and understandable. I am sure many many students will be greatly assisted by this book.”

− Pieter Brattinga, Graphic Designer

“A marvelously thorough job—and very useful to anyone, not just students.”

− George Tscherny, Graphic Designer, Educator

“A fine primer for the beginner. Also there is also good information for the seasoned professional—and a reminder of things forgotten.”

− Rudy de Harak, Graphic Designer, Educator

“Congratulations on your excellent book. You have produced a worthwhile volume for the practitioner and student.”

− Bradbury Thompson, Designer, Educator

“Designing With Type has become the undisputed classic typographic reference, serving generations. It has gone far beyond print with multiple websites, countless worldwide references, and a growing social media following. Adapted to a modern experience, it remains a major resource — a doorway into our rapidly evolving design industry.”

− Jean-Benoit Levy, Designer, Educator

“Designing With Type is great; it makes the complex approachable. As a student this effectiveness was not obvious to me. Later, when I assigned the book to my students, the magic of it became apparent. Now, as both a writer and designer, my appreciation for Designing with Type continues to grow. I love the breadth and depth of the current edition. It finds students of typography wherever they may be, and empathetically delivers its core message: typography is our visual voice.”

− Charles Nix, Creative Type Director, Monotype