The first paragraph basically tells us the definition of graphic design. I understand that graphic design is a practical and useful visual art that exists for a very long period. For a hundred years, from newspapers to websites, all kinds of design forms comes out, including images, words and graphics. Most importantly, the type design, which covers all the visual communication forms today. In every single graphic design pieces, you will see type design. So, to be more specifically, visual communication cannot communicate without type design.

My question to the author is that “Do I need a fine arts background to learn graphic design?” The possible answer I believe is “No, you do not need a drawing or painting background to do the visual design, but that defiantly will be a benefit if you know how to do fine arts.”