Typography (GRT221) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Typography GRT221 1 2 0 2 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
N/A
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Demonstration, Drill and Practice, Project Design/Management.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. Evren Tural
Course Assistants
Course Objectives In the course typography, fonts and styles, graphic design elements are intended to be taught correctly and properly. New writing design is intended to be created.
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Knows literature about text and typography
  • Creates different typography and composes these with different designs
  • Uses typography in graphical design field. Effectively.
Course Content The history and importance of typography and a general information about its place; compositions with these characters; color, size, volume, repetition in composition with rhythm, balance, hierarchy items.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 Course Description, objectives and work plan. Definition of typography and graphic design importance in the development and operation Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
2 configuration of the basic letter rate with reference to the subject and purpose of the font, the letter geometry, and dimensions Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
3 Continued Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
4 Typefaces appropriate line spacing and letter spacing in the sequencing studies Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
5 Page margins and lines created with large and small letters Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
6 Evaluation of ergonomic design habits Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
7 Midterm
8 Ensuring attractiveness and emphasis creation studies. Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
9 Ensuring attractiveness and emphasis creation studies. Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
10 in creating typographic resonance measurements of font color weight and style of font Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
11 The effect of the relation of text with other elements on resonance and its arrangement. Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
12 Continued. Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
13 The imagery of the font and their characteristics they gained through history, creating expression through connotation and studies on typographic roles Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
14 The imagery of the font and their characteristics they gained through history, creating expression through connotation and studies on typographic roles Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
15 Continued Students will be assigned with the next chapter to do some search on it.
16 Final Exam

Sources

Course Book 1. N.K. SARIKAVAK, Görsel İletişim ve Grafik Tasarımında Çağdaş Tipografinin Temelleri, Ankara, 2009.
2. N.K. SARIKAVAK, Kaligrafik ve Tipografik Deneysel Tasarımlar, İstanbul, 2014.
3. D. GONZALES, Typography : Graphic design in context, London, 2012.
4. E. BECER, Modern Sanat ve Yeni Tipografi, Ankara, 2007
Other Sources 5. Paul Harris, Gavin Ambrose, Grafik Tasarımda Tipografi, Literatür Yayıncılık, 2012

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 5
Laboratory - -
Application 1 80
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments - -
Presentation - -
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 15
Final Exam/Final Jury - -
Toplam 3 100
Percentage of Semester Work 40
Percentage of Final Work 60
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses X
Major Area Courses
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 Acquires Art and Design culture and aesthetic knowledge, theoretical and applied knowledge about the discipline. X
2 Knows the legal regulations and processes about Art and Design. X
3 Has knowledge about interdisciplinary interaction associated with the relevant field of Art and Design. X
4 Describes the concepts, ideas, facts, and problems related with the field; perceives, designs, and applies them multi-dimensionally. X
5 Evaluates interaction with sub-disciplines related with the field, uses the information creatively. X
6 Works, undertakes responsibility, and carries out plans individually and as a group member. X
7 Identifies the learning requirements about the field, and directs his learning within a lifelong sense of social conscience. X
8 Uses information and communication technologies required by the field at least at an advanced level of Europe Computer Literacy License. X
9 Follows new information relevant with the field and communicates with colleagues using a foreign language (Europe Language Portfolio General Level: B1 Level). X
10 Creates projects supporting solution suggestions to problems in his field with qualified and quantified data; shares them with experts and non-experts. X
11 Converts concrete and abstract concepts into creative thinking, innovative and original products, analyzes the acquired information and skills with a critical approach. X
12 Is aware of national and international values of art and design, and acts in accordance with ethical values. X
13 Has knowledge, equipment, and aesthetic awareness about art culture and history that is necessary for carrying out successful studies related with the discipline. X
14 Has enough awareness about the universality of social rights, social justice, quality culture, and protection of cultural values and environment, occupational health and safety. X

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class 4 10 40
Presentation/Seminar Prepration
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 5 6 30
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 4 4
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 4 4
Total Workload 126