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| AGRF2001 | Typography | 3+1+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Short Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of DESIGN | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | | Lecturer | Öğr. Gör. Fatma GÜNEŞ | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To learn about typefaces, letter anatomy, typographic layout. To develop new solutions with fonts and to be able to design fonts with font design software. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | Knows the history of writing and its development as a graphic design product. | 6 | | | LO - 2 : | Recognizes writing faces and letter anatomy. | 6 | | | LO - 3 : | Makes font design and font selection suitable for the purpose. | 6 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| To learn writing characters, quoted and untagged writing styles. To learn letter anatomy. Pay attention to letter and line spacing. Develop creative approaches to textual arrangements. Produce new fonts. To make improvements on existing fonts and to learn the font making software. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Introduction to the course and learning about the concept of typography | | | Week 2 | Yazının tarihi, geleneksel ve modern yazı fontlarını öğrenme | | | Week 3 | Kote edilmiş ve edilmemiş yazı tiplerinin muhasebeleştirilmesi | | | Week 4 | Meanings of fonts, font selection and psychology of typography | | | Week 5 | Anatomy of writing | | | Week 6 | Typography use cases | | | Week 7 | Typographic portrait, object study | | | Week 8 | Typographic portrait, object study | | | Week 9 | Midterm exam | | | Week 10 | Learning the concept of space | | | Week 11 | Learning the concept of kerning | | | Week 12 | Introduction to vector font design | | | Week 13 | Introduction to font design software | | | Week 14 | Create fonts with font design software | | | Week 15 | Sample typography work with the created font | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 40 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 60 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 4 | 14 | 56 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 3 | 14 | 42 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 2 | 3 | 6 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 5 | 3 | 15 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 121 |
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