Typography I
Matěj Málek
256189@muni.cz /
matej.malek@stilltesting.cz
www.stilltesting.cz
Typography
Working with type
Structuring text
Layout of content on the page
Typography is craft
Typography is art
PatrickThomas
Typography is traditional
Typography is progressive
KrisAndrewSmall
Typography is a language
„spisovná“ „nespisovná“ progresivní experimentální
Martin Pecina Martin Pecina SPIN Studio…
Typography is mathematics
Typography is not mathematics
SPINStudio
Typography is a communication tool
Assignment 1:
Monogram
Create a comact typographic
monogram of your name.
Focus on the composition of
characters, their interlocking,
compactness and readability of the
resulting monogram.
	— You may work with an existing typeface or create
your own characters
	— Work only in black and white
	— As a bonus, you can try to project your personality
into the monogram
	— For the next lesson (March 9 or 11), prepare
preliminary sketches, which we will consult them
together
	— You can work by hand or on computer in this first
phase
	— Final submission will consist of the monogram in
PDF, source vector file and the original sketches
	— Deadline: March 28
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Literature
	— Pecina, Martin: Knihy a typografie
	— Štorm, František: Eseje o typografii
	— Lupton, Ellen: Thinking with Type
	— Bringhurst, Robert: The Elements of Typographic
Style
	— Sutnar, Ladislav: Visual Design in Action
	— www.czechdesign.cz
	— www.slanted.de
	— www.itsnicethat.com
	— eyeondesign.aiga.org