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Course Credit	2.0
Course ECTS Credit	4.0
Teaching Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Level of Course	Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course	Programme Elective
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?	S
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course	In the course; Students will be introduced to typographic basic concepts in digital environment in accordance with digital typography rules. After transferring the theoretical information, they will be able to learn design programs that can be used with practical examples.
Course Content	Web (Digital) typography terms, typographic criteria, typography families, font design programs and technical methods of digital web typography; It is aimed to be determined by the context of new media requirements and to be equipped to perform the work of the students.

Learning Outcomes

Know the structural, administrative and technical features in the process of transition from conventional media to new media.
Has knowledge in humanity and social sciences.
Knows the features of new media literacy.
Knows processes and developments specific to interactive and participatory new media culture.
Has advanced reading, thinking and analytical analysis skills that can critically evaluate new media content.
Has the ability to integrate professional and practical skills with new theoretical knowledge on new communication technologies.
Has the ability to analyze the effects of new media on social life, economy, culture and politics.
Designs and implements media for content delivery and distribution for digital platforms.
Studies harmoniously and efficiently in groups and/or individually.
Examines research and development projects with a critical approach in order to find solutions for the problems in new media field.
Keeps an eye on the progress in science and technology.
Follows the local, regional, national and international agenda and evaluates it critically.
Conveys topics related to new media to experts and non experts in an efficient and accurate manner with written, oral or visual communication methods.
Communicates to his/her colleagues in new media field by means of using a foreign language.
Has the competence to develop new media projects.
Abstract and concrete concepts; turns it into creative thinking, innovative and original works.
Plans and manages professional events.
Has technical awareness
Has a sense of responsibility for professional and ethical values.

Weekly Course Subjects

1	Presentation of the content of the course, general expectations about the period
2	The evolution of writing, language and typography. Types of Alphabet
3	Basic Terminology: Writing family, Types of writing weight, Measure in typography. Delivery of the first crop.
4	The anatomical structure of the letters. The drafts of the first project evaluation.
5	The anatomical structure of the letters. The drafts of the first project evaluation.
6	Space relationship in typography. Exercise with the Adobe InDesign program. First delivery of the project. Giving the second crop.
7	Midterm
8	True and false in typography. The drafts of the second project evaluation.
9	Writing practices. Typographic aesthetics and font selection. Second project evaluation of related drafts.
10	String rules. Delivery of the second project. Delivery of the third crop.
11	Styling exercise with Adobe InDesign program. For the third project evaluation of drafts.
12	Styling exercise with Adobe InDesign program. Delivery of the third project
13	Final Project Presentations
14	Final Project Presentations

Resources

-E. Knuth Donald ,Digital Typography (Lecture Notes), 1999.

- Lupton Ellen,Thinking with Type, 2nd revised and expanded edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students, Princeton Architectural Press, Newyork, 2010.

-Müller-Brockmann Josef ,Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual for Graphic Designers, Typographers and Three Dimensional -Designers (German and English Edition), Ram Publications, 1996.

-Bob Gordon & Maggie,The Complete Guide to Digital Graphic Design, Thames and Hudson Ltd., 2015.

-Phil Baines, Andrew Haslam, Type and Typography, Laurence King Publishing, 2005.

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