Subject 'Elementary Typography'

Year:   2019/2020    2020/2021    2021/2022    2022/2023    2023/2024    

• Finding a suitable font for digitalisation
• Construction of typefaces
• Adding the missing characters
• Optics of the characters’ lateral space
• Adjusting the spacing between pairs of letters
• Transcribing a digital typeface
• Choosing the theme of the poster
• Completion of the poster

The objective is to learn to recognize the different fonts around; to perceive changes in typography on the historical axis; to be able to change a picture into a font on the computer; to create their own fonts; to be able to convert fonts for use in design and desktop publishing programs and onscreen; to be able to use fonts in the best context by creating it yourself.

Upon completion of the course, students will:
1. perceive the processes taking place in the history of typography;
2. perceive the cultural differences of typefaces;
3. be able to evaluate and analyse the peculiarities of typefaces;
4. be able to construct technical typefaces;
5. be able to convert fonts for use in the digital environment;
6. be able to create a typographic poster.

2019: 2272  

2018: 2272  

2017: 2272  

2016: 2272  

2015: 2272  

2014: 2272  2272