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