13 hours, optionally

Basic definitions of typeface design, parts of a letter, typefaces terminology;
Type lines, basic exercise in writing letters with pen, calligraphy, cursive types;
Development of visual communication – origin of sign and letters – 1st communication revolution, Summer, Egyptian, Phoenician and Greek types;
Latin type – Roman capital, uncial, half-uncial; Carolinian minuscule;
European types of Romanesque and Gothic periods, letterpress – 2nd communication revolution;
Print typefaces – dynamic antique (humanist, garalde);
Print typefaces – transitional antique;
Print typefaces – static antique;
Print typefaces – linear serif (slab serif) and linear sans-serif typefaces;
Print typefaces – linear antique, script (calligraphic and free-written), fancy typefaces;
Personalities of World type design in 19th and 20th centuries;
Czech type designers;
Digitalization of visual communication – 3rd revolution in communication