COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TYPOGRAPHY IN GRAPHIC DESIGN I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GSR 5051 TYPOGRAPHY IN GRAPHIC DESIGN I ELECTIVE 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Painting Crafts Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÇINLA ŞEKER

Offered to

Painting Crafts Teacher Education

Course Objective

Thousands of fonts based on design principles were created.
Typography on media has positive effects on artistic and cultural development
because of its aesthetic and communicative features.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowing the Stone writings of antiquity, Roma, Greek and Byzantine.
2   Knowing the relation of typography and graphic design.
3   Knowing Jan Tscihold and his new typographic approach.
4   Knowing the principles of typography.
5   Knowing the international typographic style.
6   Knowing the structure of letters.
7   Designing fonts.
8   Knowing Pi fonts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Antique, Roman, Greek and Byzantine scripts
2 The relation of Typography and Graphic Design
3 Jan Tscihold and new understanding of Typography
4 Typography principles (Applications)
5 Typography principles (Applications)
6 Typography principles (Applications)
7 International Typographic Style
8 midterm
9 Structural Features of Letters
10 Structural Features of Letters
11 Designing a font (illustrator)
12 Designing a font (illustrator)
13 Pi fonts
14 Font sites, font downloads
15 final

Recomended or Required Reading

1. BEKTAŞ Dilek, Çağdaş Grafik Tasarımın Gelişimi. Yapı Kredi Yay. Ist, 1992
2. UÇAR Tevfik Fikret, Görsel Iletişim ve Grafik Tasarım, Inkilap Yay. Ist, 2004
3. JUBERT Roxane, Typography and Graphic Design, Flammarion, Paris, 2005
4. STRIZVER Ilene, Type Rules, John Wiley&Sons,Ins, U.S.A, 2006
5. YANIK Hayri, Masaüstü Yayıncılık, Dönence Bas. Yay. Istanbul,2004
6. World Wide Web

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Using theoretical and practical abilities of typography in media in a modern and aesthetic way. The applications must unite typography with illustrations indicating the importance of the design elements and principles.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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)

arifziya@yahoo.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71
LO.81

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