Typography

Code:

T500

Acronym:

T

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Design

Instance: 2019/2020 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Design
Course/CS Responsible:	Communication Design

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DC	76	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2017	1	-	4,5	60	121,5

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To know the basic classical culture of Typography: its contextualized and diachronic history, methods and classifications in typography, specific nomenclature, techniques, and processes, uses and its application.

Knowing how to work with typography according to specific methods and purposes: knowing how to choose, to compose and to manipulate the text for various purposes and in various devices/media.

Acquire practical and theoretical skills for the use and argumentation of typography.

Learning outcomes and competences

Practice and theory in the use and argumentation about typography

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

No

Program

01. A history of Typography (from the antecedents - the writing - and from the typographic system of Gutenberg to the digital age).

02. Anatomy of the letter and specific nomenclature.Type, case, size, weight, x-height, ascender and descender, etc.

03. Typographical classification.

04. Technological and functional contexts linked to Typography.

05. Choice of typefaces according to technical/operational, formal/aesthetic and symbolic/semantic/historical criteria.
Typeface semantics.

06. Text layout (criteria for spacing, alignment, columns, and hierarchy).

07. Composition (grid systems, white space, text/image, text/media).

08. Invisible typography and expressive typography.

09. Typography, calligraphy and lettering.

10. Page layout fundamentals.

Mandatory literature

Lupton, Ellen; Pensar com Tipos, Cosac Naify, 2006. ISBN: 85-7503-553-3 (Original "Thinking with Type", 2004, Princeton A. Press, ISBN 1-56898-448-0 )
Bringhurst Robert; The^elements of typographic style. ISBN: 0-88179-132-6
Kane John; A^type primer. ISBN: 1-85669-291-4
Ambrose, Gavin & Harris, Paul; The Fundamentals of Typography, Ava, 2006. ISBN: 2-940373-45-0

Complementary Bibliography

Jury, David; About Face - Reviving the Rules of Typography, RotoVision, 2002. ISBN: 2-88046-677-6
Kunz, Willi; Tipografia: Macro e microestética, GG, 2003. ISBN: 84-252-1547-1

Comments from the literature

Other Bibliography will be furnished contextually.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and assisted practice classes.
Short assignments, both theoretical and practical.
School trips whenever adequate.

Software

Adobe InDesign

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho laboratorial	10,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	80,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	60,00
Trabalho laboratorial	31,50
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Total:	121,50

Eligibility for exams

Positive average

Calculation formula of final grade

Average

Examinations or Special Assignments

No

Internship work/project

No

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

No

Classification improvement

No