Visiting Artist Workshops EP-2S-APA

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From A to Z – First Steps in Calligraphy and Type Designs

In this two-week workshop, you will learn basic skills and knowledge for writing and designing type as a visual form of language.

The starting point are basic exercises in writing and the transfer of special fonts from public spaces onto paper and computers.
This makes it understandable that the form and shape of fonts have developed from the thousands of years old cultural technique of writing and that these are closely linked to the writing and printing tools as well as the various playback media. Typographic definitions, the consideration of exemplary works by important typeface designers and contemporary examples complement the exercises.

The results will be individual written sheets and, as a group work, drafts for postcards, posters and a mural. If everything goes well, these drafts will be implemented in the second week.

a portfolio as a PDF file from all participants.
The portfolio should contain a cover sheet (name, semester, etc.) and all of our exercises:

1. Writing
a) Exercising the basic shapes of letters with a pencil
b) Writing with the alternate pen (basic lines and shapes; ABC ...; fake words)
c) Writing with the line pen (basic lines and shapes; ABC ...; fake words)

2. Font design
a) Photographs of letters and lettering from Warsaw (from before 1990)
b) Letter draft (2 letters)
c) Cutting and printing the letter
d) Digitization of the letters

3. Using the digitized letters
a) Design of a mural for Spiska, taking into account the colors and the combination of the individual letter shapes
b) antonyms from the field of art, art education, art therapy on a postcard (A6)

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https://speicherwolke.uni-leipzig.de/index.php/s/kCyS24iBStyZQRm

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