Typography – composition
Learning goals:
Gain basic knowledge and working methods in typography and typographical hierarchy. Gain basic skills in the InDesign software and simple image treatment in Photoshop. Increase the pleasure of using writing and layout and gaining a joint understanding and platform for typography and graphic design as communication.
Contents:
Sketch methods, composition, typographical hierarchy, typographical effects and detail typography. Lectures on detail typography, roman/italic, type families, readability, type on screen, etc.
Workform:
Lecture on type theory. Progressive practical exercises in typographical composition and type, with a major communication task at the end. The program teaching is integrated in the treatment of practical problems in the form of lectures and individual tutoring.
Evaluation: frequent in-class reviews of work methods, process, sketches and the finished result.
Recommended literature:
Christer Hellmar, Typografisk håndbok, ISBN 82-430-0153-0
Stein Davidsen, NÃ¥r bokstavene tar ordet, ISBN 82-05-27449-5
Robert Bring Hurst, The element of the typographic style, ISBN 0 88179 132 6
Øyvind Rannem, Typografi og skrift, Abstrakt forlag
Andrew Robinson, Skriftens historie, ISBN 82-504-2250-3 (Grøndal Dreyer), ISBN 82-525- 2958-2
P. Meggs, A History of Graphic Design, ISBN 0-471-29198-6
Friedrich Forssman Ralf de Jong, Detailtypografic, ISBN 3-87439-568-5
Ellen Lupton, thinking with type, ISBN 1- 56898-448-0
John Kane, A type primer, Laurence King Publishing, ISBN 1 85669 291 4
Arne Heines bok om typografi, ISBN 91-89210-02-6
Prequalifications:
none
The course starts 31/08/2009 / Week 36, and ends 16/10/2009 / Week 42
Location: Kong Oscarsgt. 62. rom 201
Provider: Design
Viskom
Target group: Viskom
Target year of study: Bachelor 1
Capacity: 14
Academic staff: