Code: | T500 | Acronym: | T |
Keywords | |
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Classification | Keyword |
CNAEF | Design |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Design |
Course/CS Responsible: | Communication Design |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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DC | 76 | Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2017 | 1 | - | 4,5 | 60 | 121,5 |
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.
Practice and theory in the use and argumentation about typography
No
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.
Lectures and assisted practice classes.
Short assignments, both theoretical and practical.
School trips whenever adequate.
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Participação presencial | 10,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial | 10,00 |
Trabalho prático ou de projeto | 80,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Frequência das aulas | 60,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial | 31,50 |
Estudo autónomo | 30,00 |
Total: | 121,50 |
Positive average
Average
No
No
No
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