Course: Typography 2

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Course title Typography 2
Course code KKTS/TYPO2
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
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. Inter-word gaps 2. Line filling 3. Line spacing 4. Page and line index 5. Paragraph styles 6. Aligned text in a block 7. Unaligned text 8. Word division 9. Typographical signs and symbols

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 24 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
The prerequisite is the completion of a previous follow-up course.
The prerequisite is the completion of a previous follow-up course.
Skills
The subject is a follow-up, a prerequisite being the completion of a previous course
The subject is a follow-up, a prerequisite being the completion of a previous course
learning outcomes
Knowledge
- the student can define the rules of typography based on the typography manual
- the student can define the rules of typography based on the typography manual
- the student can understand the theoretical rules of smooth and mixed text type
- the student can understand the theoretical rules of smooth and mixed text type
- the student can recognize the types and ways of dividing text type
- the student can recognize the types and ways of dividing text type
- the student can define the rules of spelling and typographic division of words
- the student can define the rules of spelling and typographic division of words
- the student can define the rules for the typesetting of typographic signs
- the student can define the rules for the typesetting of typographic signs
Skills
- the student can apply professional terminology when presenting outputs
- the student can apply professional terminology when presenting outputs
- the student can create the composition of the text in a circle
- the student can create the composition of the text in a circle
- the student can create a typeface of small size on a small format
- the student can create a typeface of small size on a small format
- the student can create a typeface of text from serif and sans serif fonts
- the student can create a typeface of text from serif and sans serif fonts
- the student can create the typesetting of the text of the accident press
- the student can create the typesetting of the text of the accident press
teaching methods
Knowledge
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Activating (Simulation, games, dramatization)
Analysis of a presentation
Analysis of a presentation
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Monologic (Exposition, lecture, briefing)
Skills
Practice exercises
Practice exercises
Analysis of a work of art
Analysis of a work of art
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
assessment methods
Knowledge
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of the student's performance
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Analysis of a presentation given by the student
Analysis of creative works (Music, visual arts, literature)
Analysis of creative works (Music, visual arts, literature)
Recommended literature
  • BERAN, Vladimír. Aktualizovaný typografický manuál. Praha: Kafka design, 2016. ISBN 8090182402.
  • COLES, Stephen. The Geometry Type: The Anatomy 100 Essential Typefaces. London: Thames and Hudson, 2012. ISBN 9780500241424.
  • Filip Blažek. Typokniha. 2020. ISBN 978-80-88308-12-6.
  • Kočička, P., Blažek, F. Praktická typografie. Computer Press, 2000. ISBN 8072263854.
  • Müller-Brockmann, Josef. Grid systems in graphic design : a visual communication manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers = Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung. 2012. ISBN 9783721201451.
  • SEDDON, Tony. Lets talk Type: An Essential Lexicon of Type Terms. London: Thames and Hudson, 2016. ISBN 9780500292297.
  • ŠTORM, František. Eseje o typografii. Revolver Revue, 2008. ISBN 9788087037157.


Study plans that include the course
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