COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TYPOGRAPHY IV

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRF 3024 TYPOGRAPHY IV ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Department of Graphics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TUĞCAN GÜLER

Offered to

Illustration and Printmaking
Graphic Design
Department of Graphics
Graphic Arts

Course Objective

To learn typefacedesign process and generate a typeface design on computer. On this purpose to learn Typeface Designer and Foundries. Objective of the course to generate a typeface in digital media and introduce it on the printed mediums.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to have the knowledge of typeface design, produce and marketing and use it in practice
2   To be able to follow up the contemporary typeface designers and typeface designs
3   To be able to have the software knowledge related to the typeface design
4   To be able to finish tehir designs on time and peresent them in a creative and an unexpected way

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction meeting and setting the purpose of the course
2 Project I: Typeface Design To interview from typeface design that is brought by students. Application project is developed by students.
3 Critic on sketches.
4 Critic on sketches.
5 Choosing a sketch and transfering to computer or make a model.
6 Generate the design in typeface design program.
7 Generate the design in typeface design program.
8 Critic on completed design.
9 Project II: Specimen Booklet Design Designed a booklet that identifies the font design.
10 Critic on sketches.
11 Critic on sketches.
12 Finishing design. Presentation, critic and jury.
13 Project III: Specimen Poster Design Designed a poster that identifies the font design.
14 Finishing design. Presentation, critic and jury.

Recomended or Required Reading

CRAIG, J. (2006). Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography, Watson-Guptill. CRAIG; J. (1990).
Basic typography: a design manual, New York: Watson-Guptill Publications.
SAMARA, T. (2006). Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design, Rockport Publishers.
CARTER, R., Day, B., Meggs, P. Typographic Design: Form and Communication BECER,
E. (2007), Modern Sanat ve Yeni Tipografi, Ankara: Dost Kitabevi Yayınları
JUBERT, R., LUPTON, E. and LEMOINE, S., Typography and Graphic Design: From Antiquity to the Present, Flammarion
AMBROS, G. and HARRIS, P., Typo: The Fundamentals of Typography, AVA Publishing
Typography: The Arrangement, Style and Appearance of Type and Typefaces
SARIKAVAK, N. K., Tipografinin Temelleri, Doruk
SARIKAVAK, N. K., Sayısal Tipografi: Batı da ve Ülkemizde Sayısal Harf/Font Tasarımcıları, Başkent Üniversitesi Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Packaging design, students' creativity, the two-dimensional designs, as well as allow them to develop by making three-dimensional designs.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 COM COMMITTEE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.50 + ATT * 0.30 + COM * 0.20


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Tel: 0232 412 91 69
e-mail: betulusluozkan@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Preparing presentations 2 8 16
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 156

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17
LO.1532235
LO.24221135
LO.33114
LO.423335

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