Information Technology for Publishing

Objectives

a) to provide the students with computer and technical skills that will enable them to perform basic operations of text editing in its many forms;
b) to sensitize the students to individual practice and self-training regarding more complex tasks related to editing.

General characterization

Code

722091135

Credits

5.0

Responsible teacher

João Luís Miguel Machado Guimarães

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - 140

Teaching language

Portuguese

Prerequisites

N/A

Bibliography

  • BRINGHURST, Robert, Elementos do Estilo Tipográfico, Cosac Naify, 2005
  • BERGER, John, Ways of Seeing, Penguin Books, 2008
  • TSCHICHOLD, Jan, The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Design,Hartley and Marks Publishers, 1995
  • HOCHULI, Jost, Detail in Typography, Editions B42, 2015
  • DE BONDT, Sara, The Form of the Book Book, Occasional Papers, 2009

Teaching method

Exposition, analysis and questioning of the theoretical concepts introduced; practical classes with tutorial supervision of the works that are being carried out.

Evaluation method

Continuous Evaluation - Class work(15%), Final test(70%), Final work(15%)

Subject matter

  • Introduction, interface control (Indesign)
  • Spatial organization and view methods
  • Layout
  • Digital formats
  • Pages Palette
  • Text and Paragraph formatting
  • Tipography
  • Character and Paragraph Styles
  • Importing graphics
  • Form Control
  • Colors and templates
  • Tables
  • Effects
  • Export and Print

Programs

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