Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits
1	GRF113	Writing And Typography	2+2+0	3	6

Course Details

Language of Instruction	Turkish
Level of Course Unit	Associate Degree
Department / Program	Graphic Design
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face
Type of Course Unit	Compulsory
Objectives of the Course	Font characters and variations. Visual balance and rules. The general design is a design work (banner, billboard, magazine, book, CD, etc.) as a means of expression. Choosing the correct writing character. In Espas, the increase in punctuation marks and text edits and and solutions. Written right managed rules
Course Content	Font characters and variations. Choosing the correct writing character. Espas concept, punctuation
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	Instructor Seda Müftüoğlu seda.muratoglu@gedik.edu.tr
Name of Lecturers	Instructor SEDA MÜFTÜOĞLU
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	Typograpy 28 (The Annual of the Type Directors Club) Typography in Graphic Design, Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris. Literatür Publications. 2014. Typography Dictionary, Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris Literatür Pub. 2014. Just My Type, Simon Garfield, Domingo Publishing. 2012.
	Theoretical and Practical
	1. Modern sanat ve yeni tipografi (Emre Becer) 2. Çağdaş Tipografinin Temelleri (Namık Kemal Sarıkavak)

Course Category

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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

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ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Course Duration	14	2	28
Hours for off-the-c.r.stud	14	4	56
Assignments	13	2	26
Mid-terms	1	1	1
Practice	14	2	28
Project	13	1	13
Final examination	1	1	1
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 6 153

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	To have basic concepts of typography, to express.
2	Learning the anatomical structures of the whole alphabet by recognizing serif and serif fonts.
3	The text is legible and is used correctly in accordance with the purpose.
4	Identify and control fonts with their families through various experimental studies
5	Seeing the result of the design of the appropriate font selection.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Recovery of the information of the old hardware and tartilism. Definition of typography, graphic design of typography the importance of their work
2	Basic terms used in typography, Historical development of typography
3	Detailed examination of letter structure and choosing a word to perform draft studies
4	Detailed examination of the letter structure and the selection of a word to perform draft studies.
5	Classification of writing characters and their differentiation (light, medium, bold, black, italic, etc.)
6	Majiscule, minuscule letters and effects in the text and examples of the hierarchical order.
7	Serigraphy, non-serif fonts, calligraphic writings and font samples that enter this class, and writing a selected sentence with a calligraphic pen
8	MIDTERM
9	Espaslar, various proportions of letter spaces
10	Text editing formats, blocking and readability
11	Recognizing font characters and their use in text by type
12	Do a study by playing with letters
13	Discussion on incorrect and correct case studies
14	Practise

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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