Course: Calligraphy and Typography 4

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Course title Calligraphy and Typography 4
Course code KKTS/XPI4
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Baroňová Lenka, M. A.
Course content
1. Practice writing cursive Italian Cancellaresca italica 2. Presentation of different types of calligraphy according to historical periods and writing instruments 3. Presentation of lettering - cartoons 4. Demonstration of non-traditional writing instruments 5. Laws of composition 6. Creating an A4 composition with text gradation and decorative elements

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Activities related to graphics and visual arts
  • Participation in classes - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for course credit - 50 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 49 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 can define the basic rules of typography related to calligraphy
- the student can define the basic rules of typography related to calligraphy
- the student can describe the process of creating a composition
- the student can describe the process of creating a composition
- the student can recognize the types of historical calligraphic styles
- the student can recognize the types of historical calligraphic styles
- the student can recognize the types of calligraphic writing instruments
- the student can recognize the types of calligraphic writing instruments
- the student can describe the meaning of the contrast between written and free space
- the student can describe the meaning of the contrast between written and free space
Skills
- the student can create a written composition according to typographical rules
- the student can create a written composition according to typographical rules
- the student can combine several types of calligraphy on one format
- the student can combine several types of calligraphy on one format
- the student can create gradation and phrasing of the text
- the student can create gradation and phrasing of the text
- the student can practically create an aligned and non-aligned composition
- the student can practically create an aligned and non-aligned composition
- the student can write with different writing instruments
- the student can write with different writing instruments
teaching methods
Knowledge
Activities related to graphics and visual arts
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Activities related to graphics and visual arts
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Skills
Individual work of students
Individual work of students
Experience (self-experience)
Experience (self-experience)
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
Recommended literature
  • Coles, Stephen. The Geometry of Type.
  • David Harris. The Calligrapher's Bible. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2018.
  • ENGELBRECHT, Lisa. Modern Calligraphy and Hand Lettering. Beverly Massachusetts: Quarry Books, 2008. ISBN 9781592536443.
  • Meggs, B. P. A History of Graphic Design. USA, 1998. ISBN 0-471-29198-6.
  • Muller-Brockmann, J. Grid systems.


Study plans that include the course
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