Course: Typography 1

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Course title Typography 1
Course code KKTS/MD1PT
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
Course content
Theory: character set, font design, font outline, kerning, numerals, type and purpose. Projects: drawing of font construction, kerning, reshuffle on a typography theme.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
learning outcomes
Knowledge
- the student defines typographic regularities according to terminology (1st part)
- the student defines typographic regularities according to terminology (1st part)
- the student can describe the basic structure of letters and their parts
- the student can describe the basic structure of letters and their parts
- the student can describe the structure and function of the font outline
- the student can describe the structure and function of the font outline
- the student can recognize the principles of the construction of sans-serifs fonts
- the student can recognize the principles of the construction of sans-serifs fonts
- the student can list the rules for creating spaces between letters
- the student can list the rules for creating spaces between letters
Skills
- the student can draw letters based on principles and proportions
- the student can draw letters based on principles and proportions
- the student creates drawings of minus signs according to the principles of drawings of capital letters
- the student creates drawings of minus signs according to the principles of drawings of capital letters
- the student creates a font composition with the correct spaces between the letters
- the student creates a font composition with the correct spaces between the letters
- the student creates a font composition with the correct spaces between the letters and numerals
- the student creates a font composition with the correct spaces between the letters and numerals
- the student creates a composition of an orientation sign based on the gradation of the text
- the student creates a composition of an orientation sign based on the gradation of the text
Recommended literature
  • Blažek, F. a kol. Praktická typografie. Brno: Computer Press, 2004. ISBN 80-7226-385-4.
  • Blažek Filip. Typokniha. Praha, 2020. ISBN 978-80-88308-12-6.
  • Vladimír Beran a kol. Aktualizovaný typografický manuál. Praha, 1999.


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