Course: The Book and typography

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Course title The Book and typography
Course code KBH/EKTYP
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Polách Vladimír, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Pořízková Lenka, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
The individual thematic blocks include approximately: 1. Type and typography: type in practice, rules of typesetting, typesetting composition, etc. 2. Typography - historical overview. 3. Typography in Czech book culture. 4. Important Czech typographers of the 20th century. 5. Trends in book typesetting - a presentation tutorial with examples. 6. Typographic contexts: typography as a creative tool, experiment, avant-garde typography, etc. 6. Typographic contexts: typographic society, nation, nationality and typography; 6. Typographic contexts: typography of public space.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course combines a theoretical approach to typography as part of book culture with practical typography. The main objectives of the course are: - introduction to the basic typographic rules; - introducing selected examples of good and bad practice; - introduction to the historical development of modern (Czech) book typography; - placing typography in the context of the humanities.

Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
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