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KGI / KTTPI
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KGI
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KTTPI
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Font Making
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Form of course completion
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Pre-Exam Credit
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Form of course completion
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Pre-Exam Credit
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
3
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Seminar
3
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Course credit prior to examination
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No
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Included in study average
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NO
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Summer semester
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10 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Included in study average
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NO
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Semester taught
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Winter + Summer
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Minimum (B + C) students
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10
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
Yes
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
S|N |
Substituted course
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KDE/KTTPI
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Preclusive courses
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N/A
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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N/A
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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The aim of the course is to provide the students with basic knowledge concerning the origin, development and construction aspects of the font and to teach them to use this knowledge in own creative project that is made by a technology corresponding to the content and graphic intention.
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Requirements on student
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Credit requirements:
- Successful, careful and timely preparation and submission of semester artworks.
- Regular active participation - at least 80 per cent.
- Active participation in discussions,
- Preparation and submission of a given project.
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Content
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Weeks 1 - 13 Visual treating of the text, structure, nature and use of fonts. Transforming visual integration of text in response to changing styles and progress in technologies. Working with manuscripts, print fonts classification. Combination of fonts, suitable and unsuitable. Typesetting, typesetting pattern, periodic and non-periodic printed matter: books, magazines. Line gauge system. Important personalities of international and Czech typeface design. Follow-up - individual project, implemented in the form of a poster. Joint project - poster, A3 size.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Štorm, František. Eseje o typografii. Společnost pro Revolver revue, 2008. ISBN 978-80-87037-15-7.
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Recommended:
Wozencroft, Jon. Brody : the graphic language of Neville Brody. New York : Universe, 1988. ISBN 0-7893-0653-0.
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Recommended:
Blažej, Bohuslav. Grafická úprava tiskovin : Učebnice pro 4. roč. střední prům. školy grafické, stud. obor polygrafie. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990. ISBN 80-04-23201-9.
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Recommended:
Samara, Timothy. Grafický design : základní pravidla a způsoby jejich porušování. V Praze : Slovart, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7391-030-3.
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Recommended:
Muzika, František. Krásné písmo ve vývoji latinky. 1. díl. Praha : Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1958.
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Recommended:
Muzika, František. Krásné písmo ve vývoji latinky. 2. díl. Praha : Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1958.
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Recommended:
Frutiger, Adrian. Nachdenken über Zeichen und Schrift / Adrian Frutiger. Bern : Haupt, 2005. ISBN 3-258-06811-9.
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Recommended:
Menhart, Oldřich. Nauka o písmu. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1981.
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Recommended:
Uebele, Andreas. Orientierungssysteme und Signaletik : Ein Planungshandbuch für Architekten, Produktgestalter und Kommunikationsdesigner. Mainz : Hermann Schmidt, 2006. ISBN 3-87439-674-6.
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Recommended:
Lozan, Petr; Smékal, Jan,; Třešňák, Kamil. PDF pro tisk. 1. vyd. Praha : Grafie CZ, 2007. ISBN 978-80-239-9672-2.
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Recommended:
Gerstner, Karl. Programme entwerfen : [fünf Essays und eine Einführung]. 3. Aufl. Baden : Lars Müller Publishers, 2007. ISBN 978-3-03778-092-3.
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Recommended:
Engelmann, Bernt; Jehl, Iska; Sedlatschek, Hubert. SchriftWerk : Handbuch zur Gestaltung mit Typografie und Layout. 1. Aufl. Donauwörth : Auer, 2005. ISBN 3-403-04316-9.
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Recommended:
Hollis, Richard. Swiss graphic design : the origins and growth of an international style, 1920-1965. London : Laurence King, 2006. ISBN 9781856694759.
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Recommended:
Beran, Vladimír. Typografický manuál : aktualizovaný. 2., opr. vyd. Praha : Kafka design, 2000.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Contact hours
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39
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Team project (50/number of students)
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10
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Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
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35
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Total
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84
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to compare and analyze different artistic expressions by criteria of esthetics, semiotics and technique on basic level ,
to specify basic knowledge of supporting arts disciplines ,
to know basic usage of characters and their form,
to recall basic knowledge of font signs, their elements and usage, |
Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to realize own vizual expression in suitable way including its text part,
to show own creativity on generally assigned task, to show the will to find different artistic solutions, alter them and constructivelly evaluate,
to work independently and in a team activelly and flexibly react to evaluating commentary of the teacher, to keep the deadlines,
to lead a conversation and to develop factic consequences out of it, |
Competences - students are expected to possess the following competences before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
of drawing principles and construction elemenst of font characters,
of historical contexts of historical evolution on Roman lyrics and Roman typefaces and alication of this classification,
of important czech and international font creators, |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
characterize various historical periods, name key persons in typeface design,
to understand and master classification of constructed fonts, to use construction elements of font characters in own creative work,
to apply basic typographical rules and combination of fonts, line gauge system, to master proofreading marks, to select and process visual signs in a semantically bound project,
to work with typesetting pattern in the frame of the mirror, |
Competences - competences resulting from the course: |
N/A |
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N/A |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
Continuous assessment |
Skills - skills achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Seminar work |
Test |
Competences - competence achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
Multimedia supported teaching |
Group discussion |
One-to-One tutorial |
Interactive lecture |
Skills - the following training methods are used to achieve the required skills: |
Skills demonstration |
Students' portfolio |
Competences - the following training methods are used to achieve the required competences: |
Discussion |
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