FI:P085 Fonts of Type and Calligraphy - Course Information

P085 Fonts of Type and Calligraphy II

Extent and Intensity

1/1. 2 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Mgr. Vítězslav Švalbach (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Vítězslav Švalbach

Prerequisites

P084 Fonts of Type and Calligraphy I
Subject of Letter, Typography and Graphic Design requires a creativity as well as a respect of a 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.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Informatics (programme FI, B-IN)
• Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-IN)
• Upper Secondary School Teacher Training in Informatics (programme FI, M-SS)
• Information Technology (programme FI, B-IN)

Syllabus

• Pictograph. Ideogram.
• Syllabic type. Speech-sound type.
• Phoenician and Greek revolution in type.
• Roman type-inspiration capitals.
• Romanesque type. So called national types.
• Caroline minuscule. Types of Ghotics, Renaissance and Baroque.
• Classicistic type. Types of 19th century.
• Type of 20th century. Czech types.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

• Enrolment Statistics (Spring 1999, recent)
  
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