Course: Typography 1

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Course title Typography 1
Course code KKTS/MD1TY
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 anatomy, font outline, kerning, digits, type and purpose. Projects: drawing of font construction, kerning, reshuffle on an industry theme.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
learning outcomes
Knowledge
- the student is able to orient himself in the basic field terminology based on the typographic manual
- the student is able to orient himself in the basic field terminology based on the typographic manual
- the student can explain the structure of a letter and its position in the outline
- the student can explain the structure of a letter and its position in the outline
- the student can describe the three groups of print font classification
- the student can describe the three groups of print font classification
- the student can define typographic types of numbers and their use
- the student can define typographic types of numbers and their use
- the student can define auxiliary rules for the creation of interword gaps
- the student can define auxiliary rules for the creation of interword gaps
Skills
- the student can create the anatomy of three letters according to the canon of their construction
- the student can create the anatomy of three letters according to the canon of their construction
- the student can observe the principles of building letters and apply them in the alphabetic system
- the student can observe the principles of building letters and apply them in the alphabetic system
- the student can create a typeface title with the correct proportions of the spaces between the letters
- the student can create a typeface title with the correct proportions of the spaces between the letters
- the student can incorporate numerals into the subtitle type of the text
- the student can incorporate numerals into the subtitle type of the text
- the student can create the typesetting of a small orientation (sign) element with text gradation
- the student can create the typesetting of a small orientation (sign) element with text gradation
Recommended literature
  • Blažek, F. a kol. Typo. Praha.
  • Blažek Filip. Typokniha. Praha, 2020. ISBN 978-80-88308-12-6.
  • Vladimír Beran a kol. Aktualizovaný typografický manuál. Praha, 1999.


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