why not? There are 2 strands of typography that I've studied - the 'too many typefaces' comes from the more classical
'Jan Tschichold' - new typography this is in opposition to the more californian late 80's David Carson (freeform rule breaking) style.
I passed Btech Graphic Design - guess what use it was to me? Absolutely nothing (jobwise that is)
Typography - graphic design is in the details