15 Best Typography Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Typography courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 4 come from a named university or institution, including California Institute of the Arts, University of California, Davis and Board Infinity. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "typography" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Introduction to Typography
Offered by California Institute of the Arts
Typography is the art of manipulating the visual form of language to enrich and control its meaning. It’s an essential area of skill and knowledge for graphic designers. Typography predates modern graphic design by aroun...
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Beyond Basic CSS: Typography, Color, Effects, & Animation
Offered by University of California, Davis
In this course, you’ll learn how type communicates and how styling and organization of written content affects the message. You’ll look at advanced features of web fonts and see how type designers are taking the fields o...
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Graphic Design
Offered by California Institute of the Arts
Graphic design is all around us, in a myriad of forms, both on screen and in print, yet it is always made up of images and words to create a communication goal. This four-course sequence exposes students to the fundament...
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Fondamentaux de l’infographie
Offered by California Institute of the Arts
L’infographie est partout ! Les mots et les images, les composantes de l’infographie, sont les éléments qui véhiculent la majorité du contenu à la fois dans le monde numérique et dans celui des documents imprimés. À mesu...
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Foundations of Visual Design Using Canva
Offered by Board Infinity
Great design isn’t about talent - it’s about understanding layout, typography, colour, and structure. This beginner-friendly course helps you build strong visual foundations using Canva, even if you’ve never designed bef...
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Graphic Design Elements for Non-Designers
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
In this hands-on specialization, you will explore basic graphic design elements, color theory, images, publication design and techniques for creating effective layouts. You will also learn about typography, the creative...
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Intermediate Visual Communication Skills for Non-Designers
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Assessing and developing campaigns and brands using visual communication is a skill needed in many fields. This intermediate specialization covers these skills by learning to use typography and mastering the use of color...
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Essential CSS Concepts
Offered by Scrimba
This course gives you the practical skills to build and style professional websites with CSS. Starting with the fundamentals, you’ll practice hands-on challenges that cover layout, typography, colors, and buttons before...
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Fundamentals of Graphic Design
Offered by Xbox
Unleash your creativity and design captivating visuals for the gaming world with the Xbox Graphic Designer Professional Certificate. Learn essential graphic design principles and Adobe Photoshop skills to create stunning...
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Master Photoshop CC: Apply Smart Selection & Design Tools
Offered by EDUCBA
Learners will apply advanced Photoshop CC tools, analyze image composition, and create professional-quality visual designs using intelligent selections, transformations, and content-aware features. By the end of this cou...
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Apply Advanced Photoshop Features for Visual Design
Offered by EDUCBA
This Specialization provides an in-depth, practical exploration of modern Photoshop features used in professional visual design, image editing, and creative production. Learners progress from mastering intelligent select...
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Mastering Adobe Photoshop 2024
Offered by Packt
This specialization provides a structured journey through Adobe Photoshop 2024, guiding learners from foundational techniques to advanced creative skills. The first course, Making Photoshop Work Harder and Smarter, focus...
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Ultimate Graphic Design Course: Create 40 Practical Projects
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
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Canva Design Essentials Pt. 2: Branding & Identity
Offered by Skillshare
Take your Canva skills to the next level with Canva Design Essentials Pt. 2: Branding & Identity, taught by award-winning designer Dan Scott. In this course, you’ll explore how to build a consistent and professional bran...
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Master CSS: Responsive Websites with Flexbox, Grid & SCSS
Offered by LearnKartS
You learned basic CSS. Then came the tough part. Broken layouts, confusing positioning, & designs that fail on mobile. This course helps you move beyond trial and error by teaching modern CSS, responsive layouts, Flexbox...
$49.00listed price
Best Typography Courses on Coursera compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including California Institute of the Arts, University of California, Davis and Board Infinity — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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