FI:PV084 Fonts and Calligraphy I - 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)

Mgr. Lucie Wessely (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, Thu 12:00–13:50 C416

Prerequisites

PV123 Visual communication &&SOUHLAS
Precondition for this course is the artistic approach and the respect for the character of the subject, including the partial manual execution of the projects.

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)
• Information Technology Security (programme FI, N-IN)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Bioinformatics (programme FI, N-AP)
• Information Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• 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)
• Mathematical Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, B-IN)
• Parallel and Distributed Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Graphics and Image Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Graphics (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Networks and Communication (programme FI, N-IN)
• Computer Systems and Data Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Computer Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Embedded Systems (eng.) (programme FI, N-IN)
• Programmable Technical Structures (programme FI, B-IN)
• Theoretical 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) (2)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, B-IN)
• Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (programme FI, N-IN)
• Image Processing (programme FI, N-AP)

Course objectives

This course is an introduction into the basics of the work with script, which leads to the creation of more complex scripts according to artistic principles.

Syllabus

• Letter spacing.
• Lower-case letters' arrangement.
• Type unit composition.
• Placing of letters on a surface.

Literature

• 19. international biennale of graphic design : graphic design and type in books, magazines, newspapers and new media (Souběž.) : 19. mezinárodní bienale grafického designu : grafický design a písmo v knihách, časopisech, novinách a nových médií : Brno 20. info
• KORGER, Hildegard. Schrift und Schreiben : ein Fachbuch für alle, die mit dem Schreiben und Zeichnen von Schriften und ihrer Anwendung zu tun haben. 5. Aufl. Leipzig: VEB Fachbuchverlag, 1982, 263 s. info
• MUZIKA, František. Krásné písmo ve vývoji latinky. 2. rev. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1962, 666 s. info
• MUZIKA, František. Krásné písmo ve vývoji latinky. 2. rev. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1962, 677 s. info
• PÍPAL, Richard. Písmo a jeho konstrukce. III. přepracované vydání. Praha: Státní nakladatelství technické literatury, 1960, 118 stran. URL info

Assessment methods

Working on projects in the studio, an independent work ( using computer graphic programes), finishing projects and their evaluations. The colloquium.

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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