ECTS - Digital Typography
Digital Typography (GRT222) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Digital Typography | GRT222 | 4. Semester | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| GRT221 ve GRT223 |
| Course Language | Turkish |
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| Course Type | Compulsory Departmental Courses |
| Course Level | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture, Drill and Practice. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | The acquisition of the ability to use various embodiments in solving typography problems. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Use of writing in a computer environment, format, and plans to teach the effects of stain as typefaces; the effects of the use of the letter and the text pattern; experimental designs and poster, magazine cover designs. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course introduction, the examination of specimens. 1 Giving the main project (Organic Typography Project) step of generating ideas and sketches. | |
| 2 | Starting working practices through sketches to the computer program Adobe Illustrator, examples of program information . | |
| 3 | Progress in the project with the direction of sketches | |
| 4 | Presentation on typography history. Final touches to the typography project with organic criticism. | |
| 5 | Presentation on typography history. Font studies, going through example studies. | |
| 6 | 2. Onset of project Design of cover page of the magazine Archive. Application of two in pages giving information through examples, sketch studies | |
| 7 | Midterm | |
| 8 | 2. Project continued. Studies for archive magazine continued. | |
| 9 | 2. Project continued. Studies for archive magazine continued. | |
| 10 | 2. Project continued. Final touches to the studies for archive magazine. | |
| 11 | 3. Onset of the project. (Matris Project) Studying examples, sketch studies | |
| 12 | 3. Project continuedProgress of the project in numerical environment, studies of the examples.. | |
| 13 | 3. Project continued. Progress of the project in the direction of digital media criticism. Examination of samples. | |
| 14 | 3. Project continued. Progress of the project in the direction of digital media criticism. Examination of samples. | |
| 15 | Finalization of the study in accordance with criticisms. | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Sarıkavak, N. Kemal. Çağdaş Tipogafinin Temelleri. Seçkin yayıncılık, Ankara, 2004. |
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| 2. Carter, R. Day, B. Meggs, P. Typographic Design: Form and Communication. New Jersey: Wiley, 2006. | |
| 3. Donald E. Knuth, Digital Typography, Canada: CSLI Publications, LSJ University, 1999, | |
| 4. Becer, Emre. Modern Sanat ve Yeni Tipografi, Ankara: Dost Kitabevi Yayınları, 2000. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | 1 | 80 |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | 20 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | - | - |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | - | - |
| Toplam | 3 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 100 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | |
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| Major Area Courses | X |
| 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. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 9 | Follows new information relevant with the field and communicates with colleagues using a foreign language (Europe Language Portfolio General Level: B1 Level). | |||||
| 10 | Creates projects supporting solution suggestions to problems in his field with qualified and quantified data; shares them with experts and non-experts. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| 13 | Has knowledge, equipment, and aesthetic awareness about art culture and history that is necessary for carrying out successful studies related with the discipline. | |||||
| 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. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 6 | 6 | 36 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 6 | 6 | 36 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Workload | 125 | ||