Course Description

Course CodeCourse NameCreditsHours
5904356 Computer Typography and Character Encoding 3.0 3
Description This course introduces Computer Typography, Type Design, Character Encoding, and Information Processing Techniques. The course topics include: 1. Computer Type Design, 2. Calligraphy, 3. Serif, 4. Sans Serif, 5. Typography, 6. Kerning, 7. Glyph Substitution, 8. Scalable Vector Graphics, 9. TrueType Quadratic Bezier Curve, 10. OpenType Cubic Bezier Curves, 11. Number Systems, 12. Character Set Standards, 13. Font Formats, 14. Encoding Methods, 15. Unicode, 16. Unicode Transformation Format, 17. Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) Unified Ideographs.