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Font and typography

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 330-7037/01
Abbreviation PT
Course title Font and typography
Credits 1
Coordinating department Department of Applied Mechanics
Course coordinator ak.soch. Tomáš Chorý, ArtD.

Subject syllabus

1. Terminology of fonts (basic terms, scriptures)
2. Font division (industry standard ON 881101, font measurement)
3. Origin and development of the scriptures (from the first records of ideas, the development of the Latin until the Carolingian Renaissance)
4. Font in the Gothic period
5. The scripture in the Renaissance, the invention of printing in Europe
6. Development of handwritten Latin after the onset of printing
7. Scripture in Baroque and Classicism
8. Fonts of the 19th and 20th centuries
9. Patterns of text composition (format, text placement, text alignment ...)
10. Basic typographic rules
11-13. Ways of printing, press preparation (photosetting, offset, four-color printing, color models, autotype, spring ...)
14. Graphic design and production of books

Literature

BANN, David. Polygrafická příručka. Praha: Nakladatelství Slovart, s. r. o., 2008. ISBN 978-80-7391-029-7 .
BERAN, Vladimír a kol. Aktualizovaný typografický manuál. Praha: Kafka design, 2005.
DUSONG, J.–L.; SIEGWARTOVÁ, Fabienne. Typografie – Od olova k počítačům. Praha: Svojtka a Vašut, 1997. ISBN 80-7180-296-4 .
DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Zdenka. DTP a předtisková příprava. Brno: Computer Press, 2012. ISBN 978-80-251-1881-8.

Advised literature

CHORÝ, Tomáš; ZATLOUKAL, Petr. Škola muzejní pedagogiky 7: Vybrané kapitoly z typografie – základní pojmy a pravidla; Digitální fotografie v muzejní praxi. Olomouc: UP v Olomouci, 2007. ISBN 978-80-244-1872-8 .
PECINA, Martin. Knihy a typografie. Brno: Host – vydavatelství, s. r. o., 2012. ISBN 978-80-7294-813-0 .
SEDDON, Tony. The Evolution of Type: A Graphic Guide to 100 Landmark Typefaces. Firefly Books, 2015.