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Typography Workshop 1

Date 7 Oct 2009 to 10 Feb 20109
Location Quinta de São Miguel, Almada
Number of hours 48 hours

Price 347,5o€ + 35€ (enrolment fee) + 2,50€ (ins) (266,50€ for Ar.Co students)

Admission No requirements. By order of enrolment.

Schedule Wednesdays from 9h30 to 12h30

Type semestrial

Program Basic control of typographic techniques with moveable types in what concerns manual composition, setting and printing Introduction to Typometry; Use of Typographic Box; Learning of the technical language used in typography; Correct use of the typographer’s tools; Composition process; Printing process; Objectives: Acquire and develop technical skills in Typography; develop creative capacities in Typography

Teachers

  • Helga Vieira da Silva

Typography Workshop 2

Date 25 Feb to 24 Jun 2010
Location Quinta de São Miguel, Almada
Number of hours 48 hours

Price 347,50€ + 35€ (enrolment fee) + 2,50€ (ins) (266,50€ for Ar.Co students)

Admission Typography workshop 1. By order of enrolment.

Schedule Thursdays from 9h30 to 12h30

Type semestrial

Program Basic control of typographic techniques with moveable types in what concerns manual composition, setting and printing: Handling of Typometry; Handling of the technical language and techniques of typography; Handling of typographic composition in terms of legibility and creativity; Conceptual and visual involvement in terms of legibility and creativity; Handling the typing press and the whole process of printing; Objectives: to develop and deepen technical and artistic skills; Learn to establish a correct hierarchy as regards information through the use of adequate graphic syntax; Learn how to use letter as image; Learn how to adequately use typometry in the proposed typographic exercises; Make use of the more adequate font as regards the object to be conceived.

Teachers

  • Helga Vieira da Silva
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