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Lettering and Typography

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 340-0409/01
Abbreviation PT
Course title Lettering and Typography
Credits 1
Coordinating department Department of Machine and Industrial Design
Course coordinator ak.soch. Tomáš Chorý, ArtD.

Subject syllabus

1. Type terminology (basic concepts, type anatomy)
2. Classification of typefaces (industry standard ON 881101, type measurement)
3. Origins and development of writing (from the earliest records of ideas, development of the Latin script up to the Carolingian Renaissance)
4. Lettering and type in the Gothic period
5. Lettering and type in the Renaissance, invention of printing in Europe
6. Development of handwritten Latin script after the introduction of printing
7. Lettering and type in the Baroque and Classical periods
8. Printing typefaces of the 19th and 20th centuries
9. Principles of text composition (format, placement of text within the format, text alignment, etc.)
10. Basic typographic rules
11–13. Printing methods and prepress preparation (phototypesetting, offset printing, four-colour printing, colour models, halftone, line art, etc.)

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.