FI:PV084 Fonts of Type and Calligraphy - Course Information

PV084 Fonts of Type and Calligraphy I

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Vítězslav Švalbach (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. Mgr. Vítězslav Švalbach
Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Vítězslav Švalbach

Timetable

Mon 12:00–13:50 C416

Prerequisites

! P084 Fonts of Type and Calligraphy I && P123 Visual communication &&SOUHLAS
Subject "Typografy and Graphic Design" presupposes a creativity as well as respecting the nature of the subject 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.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Applied Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Applied Informatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-BI)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-FY)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GE)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-GK)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-CH)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-IO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-MA)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-SO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-TV)
• Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-SS)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-TV)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, N-SS)

Course objectives (in Czech)

Předmět seznamuje se základními znalostmi a dovednostmi při práci s písmem, které směřují ke zhotovení složitějšího písmového celku podle výtvarných principů.

Syllabus

• 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.

Literature

• Sylaby přednášek

Assessment methods (in Czech)

Práce ve studiu. Zadání, konzultace, samostatná práce (zpracování v grafických programech), odevzdání projektů. Kolokvium.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• PV085 Type Design II

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• PV085 Type Design II
  PV084&&souhlas  
• PV257 Graphic Design and Multimedia Project
  (PV066 || PV078 || PV084) && SOUHLAS  

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