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Related Preparation |
1) |
Getting acquainted, informing students about course content and objectives, and exchanging ideas about writing and typography. |
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Definition of writing and typography. Historical development of typography The emergence and development of printing. Types of printing. Font, font family, espas, calligraphy, font, hurufat, orphan syllable, widow syllable, inisial, matrix etc. information about typography terms and evaluation of examples. Evaluation of presentations and examples about letter anatomy and measurements, letter structure properties, font designers and classification of fonts |
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3) |
1. PROJECT Giving and application to class (Examination and reproduction of Helvetica font measurement and techniques to investigate letter anatomy and espas work) |
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4) |
1. PROJECT Giving and application to class (Examination and reproduction of Helvetica font measurement and techniques to investigate letter anatomy and espas work) |
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5) |
1. PROJECT SUPPLY
2. Progeny (typographic interpretation of 3 different concepts). |
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6) |
2. Explanation and discussion of the explanations of the project contribution and conceptual structure on the letter. |
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7) |
2. Evaluation of project sketches and giving revisions and drafting of drafts |
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8) |
MID-TERM EXAM (2nd Progeny Delivery) |
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9) |
Examining the relationship between the methods of producing fonts and design methods in design and giving the Final Project (a method of producing a letter or font) |
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10) |
Examination of the final project in terms of design rules (Optical equilibrium rules, types of spaces used in typography: inter-letter space, inter-line space, inter-word space, inter-column space.) |
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11) |
The revisions of the work done for the final project and the evaluations to be made to the class |
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12) |
The revisions of the work done for the final project and the evaluations to be made to the class. |
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13) |
Finalizing the revisions of the work done for the final project and preparing the evaluations and presentation papers. |
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14) |
FINAL PROJECT DELIVERY AND FINAL EXAMINATION |
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Course Notes / Textbooks: |
Gültekin Erdal (2015), İletişim ve Tipografi, Pandora, İstanbul |
References: |
Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris (2012), Tipografinin Temelleri, Literatür, İstanbul
- Gültekin Erdal (2015), İletişim ve Tipografi, Pandora, İstanbul
- Simon Garfield (2010), Just My Type, Gotham Books, USA
- Charlotte and Peter Fiell (2003), Graphic Design Now, Taschen, Köln
- Cees W. De Jong, Alston W. Purvis, Jan Tholenaar, A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles Volume 1, 1628-1900, Taschen, 2010, Köln
- Cees W. De Jong, Alston W. Purvis, Jan Tholenaar, A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles Volume 2, 1901-1938
- http://www.turkcetipografitoplulugu.org/
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