P084 Fonts of Type and Calligraphy I

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 1998
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Vítězslav Švalbach (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Vítězslav Švalbach
Prerequisites
Subject of Letter, Typografy and Graphic Design resquires a creativity as well as respect of character of these subjects including a manual work according to a set task.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Syllabus
  • Terminology.
  • Type system.
  • Type technology (influence of a tool and a material to a shape of a type).
  • Style (relations between era aesthetics and a type morphology).
  • Type qualification. Type sections.
  • Type families. Type groups.
  • Distinctive type faces. Capitals and lower-case letters.
  • Type sample book. Spacing.
  • Lower-case letters arrangement. Type unit composition.
  • Placing of letters in a surface. Letters democratization.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 1997, Autumn 1999, Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 1998, recent)
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