O.K., it's about time you got the full low-down on typography from a graphic designer's point of view. SVA's "Distinguished Teacher of the Year" will take you to a whole new level of typographics that will focus on bringing your professional skills to a much higher standard. Tricks-of-the-trade and typographic tailoring will be taught and used in the development of book jackets, headlines, logotypes, posters and film titles. Not a class in keyboarding type, this course will show you how to recognize and do the very best typography for today's competitive marketplace.

Ed Benguiat
Graphic designer, typographic design consultant

Education: Brooklyn College

Typefaces and logotypes include: Planet of the Apes, The New York Times, Star Ledger, New York magazine, Esquire, McCall's, Sports Illustrated, Estée Lauder, Barcelona Olympics, CBS, A&E, AT&T. Designed more than 600 type fonts, including: ITC's Korinna, Souvenir, Benguiat, Avant Garde, Caslon, Modern Roman, Bookman, Tiffany, Edwardian Script

Awards include: Hall of Fame, Art Directors Club; Gold Type Directors Club; Distinguished Artist-Teacher Award, School of Visual Arts; R.I.T. Goudy Award