Course: Font, Typography 1

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Course title Font, Typography 1
Course code KKTS/PT1
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)
  • Baroňová Lenka, M. A.
Course content
1. Anatomy of letter characters 2. Letter outline 3. Mean font height 4. Numerals 5. Dynamic antiquity 6. Font measurement 7. Virtual space letter 8. Sampling 9. Font family

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 24 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Prerequisities are not set.
Prerequisities are not set.
Skills
Prerequisities are not set.
Prerequisities are not set.
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
teaching methods
Knowledge
Analysis of a presentation
Analysis of a presentation
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Skills
Analysis of a presentation
Analysis of a presentation
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Didactic test
Didactic test
Recommended literature
  • Indie fonts : compendium of digital type from independent foundries. Gloucester, MA : Rockport Publishers, 2002. ISBN 1592531237.
  • BERAN, Vladimír. Aktualizovaný typografický manuál. Praha: Kafka design, 2016. ISBN 8090182402.
  • Coles, Stephen. The Geometry of Type.
  • HALEY, Allan. Typography Referenced. Beverly Miami: Rockport Publishers, 2012. ISBN 9781592537020.
  • CHENG, Karen. Designing Type.. New Heaven: Yale University Press, 2005. ISBN 9780300111507.
  • MUZIKA, František. Krásné písmo ve vývoji latinky. Praha: Paseka, 2005. ISBN 8071857408.


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