Module name LETTERING AND TYPOGRAPHY

Entity running the module Faculty of Graphics and Media Arts

Entity for which the module has been prepared

Coursee type core module, compulsory

Year of I, sem. 1 and 2; study/semester; Master’s studies type of studies

ECTS credits 3 ECTS Pts / sem. 1 4 ECTS Pts / sem. 2 Scademic tutor dr Artur Skowroński

Academic aims Knowledge of the morphological features of the Latin alphabet. Experiencing creational properties of a letter sign in respect of a grapheme – a graphic design of a letter. Knowledge of basic terminology and classification of print types. Experiencing a typographic material: type – font. Prerequisites Artistic sensibility. Creativity. Predispositions to disciplined artistic activities. Skillful use of drawing techniques. Basic knowledge of image digitalization techniques: using graphic computer programs, scanners and digital cameras. Learning outcomes

– knowledge Students have knowledge on the historical evolution of writing; on Gutenberg galaxy; on print type carriers. Students have knowledge on print type classification and knowledge on the Latin grapheme - a conventional, anatomical representation of a phoneme. – skills Students can use graphic properties of letter planes in creative tasks (in presentations). Based on a grapheme, students can give a varied graphic design to letter signs. Students can associate constant and changing features of a letter sign and can make use of paper material properties, drawing tools, drawing pace in creating a varied graphics of letter signs.

– personal and social Students acquire competencies in interpersonal relations a student – pedagogue (context – writing, competencies letter creations). Course content Morphology of the Latin letter sign (capitals, Carolingian minuscule). A grapheme (non-stylistic conventional representation of a phoneme) as a starting point in graphic design of a letter (individual handwriting, calligraphy, paper bedding, writing tools, writing impetus, letter creations). Drawing interpretation of selected print types – a letter form exercise. Typology (classification) of print types (stylistic and historical, functional). Typeface, typeface family (variations within a family). Type – font: structure, attributes. A letter as a basic typography material. Typographic compositions on planes and nets of solids. Geometry of compositions and consequences of a spatial overview. Letter planes as a graphic material in presentation.

Course form and number of Consultations and individual and group corrections, lectures (45 hrs/sem.). module hours

Assessment methods and The grade takes into account the level of the works presented and a student’s involvement. criteria

Assessment type sem. 1 credit grade sem. 2 examination overview

Literature • T. Szanto Pismo i styl, Ossolineum, 1986 • H.P. Willberg, F. Forssman Pierwsza pomoc w typografii , Słowo/Obraz Terytoria, 2004 • B. Robert Elementarz stylu w typografii, Wydawnictwo d2d.pl, 2008 • A.Tomaszewski Leksykon Pism drukarskich, Krupski i S-ka, 1994 • J. Trzynadlowski, Edytorstwo: Tekst, język, opracowanie, Wydawn. Naukowo-Techniczne 1978 • G. Jean Pismo - pamięć ludzkości, Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 1994 • P. Barines, A. Haslam, Type & typography, Watson-Guptill Publications/New York, 2002

Teaching aids Access to a computer lab. Language of instruction Polish