Editing Type design (section)

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{{see also|List of type designers|List of institutions offering type design education}}
Type design is performed by a '''type designer'''. It is a [[craft]], blending elements of art and science. In the pre-digital era it was primarily learned through apprenticeship and professional training within the industry. Since the mid-1990s it has become the subject of dedicated degree programs at a handful of universities, including the MA Typeface Design at the [[University of Reading]] (UK) and the Type Media program at the KABK ([[Royal Academy of Art, The Hague|Royal Academy of Art]] in the Hague). At the same time, the transition to digital type and font editors which can be inexpensive (or even open source and free) has led to a great democratization of type design; the craft is accessible to anyone with the interest to pursue it, nevertheless, it may take a very long time for the serious artist to master.
[[File:Friedlaender.webmsd.webm|thumb|Israeli typographer Henri Friedlaender examines ''Hadassah Hebrew'' typeface sketches. The sequence was shot in his study in Motza-Illit (near Jerusalem) in 1978.]]