COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TYPOGRAPHY II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRF 2004 TYPOGRAPHY II COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Department of Graphics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HACI YAKUP ÖZTUNA

Offered to

Graphic
Graphic Design
Illustration and Printmaking

Course Objective

Firstly students are aimed to learn basic elements of construction to text. Students are focused on paragaph and page layout systems for generate a text. To teach page layout, negative-pozitive space, visual-text relation etc.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to have the principles of construction a text and usi it in practice
2   To be able to create emphasis on page
3   To be able to show on workshop an emphasis on readability and legibility
4   To be able to construct creative and different page layout for a good design
5   To be able to choose the best typeface to design and transfer the message in an effective way
6   To be able to solve the problem given, in the best way and finalized the job.
7   To be able to use the knowledge gained with professional and artistic fields and maintain life-long learning

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Reconstruction of a magazine page. Worked on paragraph systems and structure systems which are related to text. To denote with examples.
2 Reconstruction of a magazine page. Critic on sketches.
3 Reconstruction of a magazine page. Choosing a sketch and transfering to computer.
4 Reconstruction of a magazine page. Generating the design with choosen sketch and finishing the design.
5 Reconstruction of a magazine page. Critic on completed design.
6 Reconstruction of first 30 pages of a poem book. Worked on choosing typeface and using appropriate typeface to design. To denote with examples and stabilized by design project.
7 Reconstruction of first 30 pages of a poem book. Critic on sketches.
8 Reconstruction of first 30 pages of a poem book. Choosing a sketch and transfering to computer.
9 Reconstruction of first 30 pages of a poem book. Generating the design with choosen sketch and finishing the design.
10 Reconstruction of first 30 pages of a poem book. Critic on completed design.
11 Reconstruction of a newspaper. An emphasis on readability and legibility. Visual-text relation, create emphasis on page and page layout are examined with examples and stabilized by design project.
12 Reconstruction of a newspaper. Critic on sketches.
13 Reconstruction of a newspaper. Choosing a sketch and transfering to computer.
14 Reconstruction of a newspaper. Generating the design with choosen sketch and finishing the design and critic.

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

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRJ PROJECT
2 PAR PARTICIPATION
3 COM COMMITTEE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRJ * 0.70 + PAR * 0.10 + COM * 0.20

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)

Prof. Dr. H. Yakup ÖZTUNA
yakup.oztuna@deu.edu.tr

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
Preperations before and after the lecture (reading texts, articles, sketching etc.) 13 3 39
Preparations for presentation 1 8 8
Appointment after class ( draft evaluation, ideas etc.) 12 0,5 6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 109

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.1444
LO.22
LO.3
LO.41345
LO.555354
LO.65554535
LO.755

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