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. Lukáš Pevný (lecturer), doc. Mgr.art. Helena Lukášová, ArtD. (deputy)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Petr Matula, Ph.D.
Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. Mgr.art. Helena Lukášová, ArtD.
Supplier department: Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics

Timetable of Seminar Groups

PV084/01: Tue 14:00–15:50 C416, Tue 14:00–15:50 C403, L. Pevný
PV084/02: Tue 18:00–19:50 C416, Tue 18:00–19:50 C403, L. Pevný

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 (eng.) (programme FI, N-IN)
• 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-EB)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-FY)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-IO)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-MA)
• Informatics with another discipline (programme FI, B-TV)
• Informatics (eng.) (programme FI, D-IN4)
• Informatics (programme FI, D-IN4)
• Public Administration Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• 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 Technologies (eng.) (programme FI, D-IN4)
• Computer Systems and Technologies (programme FI, D-IN4)
• 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)
• Embedded Systems (programme FI, N-IN)
• Service Science, Management and Engineering (eng.) (programme FI, N-AP)
• Service Science, Management and Engineering (programme FI, N-AP)
• Social Informatics (programme FI, B-AP)
• Theoretical Informatics (programme FI, N-IN)
• 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

The course introduces the foundations and basic skills of working with letters leading to the understanding of the construction of letter glyph, its history and classification.

Syllabus

• - Creating and typesetting of type-specimen book - Graphic desing of the free letter composition for the cover of the type-specimen book

Literature

• Typografický manuál (Variant.) : Aktualizovaný typografický manuál. info
• POHLEN, Joep. Letter fountain : on printing types. Translated by Judith Amsenga - Jo Gates. 4th ed. Köln: Taschen, 2011, 640 s. ISBN 9783836525091. info
• BLAŽEJ, Bohuslav. Grafická úprava tiskovin : pro IV. ročník střední průmyslové školy grafické (studijní obor polygrafie). 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1990, 191 s. ISBN 8004232019. 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

Teaching methods

Consultation, independent work executed in graphic softwares, presentation of the work.

Assessment methods

Colloquium based on the presentation and finished project of type-specimen book.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• PV085 Type Design II

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
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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