Course detail

Typography and Publishing

FIT-ITYAcad. year: 2017/2018

Students learn basics of typograhpy and tools for creating documents. We concentrate on LaTeX system for preparing professional documents and publications. The course consist of six lectures (one 100 minutes long lecture per two weeks). Students practise their knowledge within five LaTeX projects. The final test is in the last week of teaching part ot the term.

Language of instruction

Czech, English

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Bohuslav Křena, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Intelligent Systems (UITS)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students learn typography basics and how to create documents by the LaTeX system.

Prerequisites

Text editors, language HTML.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Students get points in the projects during the term and in the final test at the end of teaching part of the term. It is necessary to get at least 50 points for the accreditation. Classification is according to standard scale.

Plagiarsm as well as non-permitted cooperation on projects and/or cheating during final test will cause that involved students are not classified and disciplinary action may be initiated.

Course curriculum

    Syllabus of lectures:
    1. Goals and structure of the course, typography fundamentals, review of tools for document prepatation.
    2. Introduction to LaTeX system - philosophy, software, plain and hybrid composition, paragraph composition.
    3. Document composition - comon rules for structuring, LaTeX commands for document structuring, composition of mathematical expressions in LaTeX.
    4. Table formating and image inserting in LaTeX.
    5. Standards for references, references in LaTeX.
    6. Basics of presentation preparing, presentation tools  in LaTeX.

    Syllabus - others, projects and individual work of students:
    1. Plain and hybrid composition (10 points)
    2. Document composition, mathematical expressions (15 points)
    3. Pictures and tables (15 points)
    4. References (15 points)
    5. Presentation preparinng (15 points)

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To understand common principles of typography. To take overview of tools for creating documents of high typographic quality. To be familiar with the system LaTeX for preparing professional documents and publications.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

No attadance on lectures is monitored within this course. The knowledge of students is examined by the projects and by the final test.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Hanáček, P., et al. Jak publikovat na počítači [How to Publish by Computer]. SCIENCE, Velentiny, 1996. ISBN 80-901475-77. (In Czech) (EN)
Hanáček, P., et al. Jak publikovat na počítači. SCIENCE, Velentiny, 1996. ISBN 80-901475-77. (CS)

Recommended reading

Kopka, H., Daly, P. W. LaTeX podrobný průvodce [A Guide to LaTeX Document Preparation for Beginners and Advanced Users]. Vydání první. Computer Press, Brno, 2004. ISBN 80-722-6973-9. (In Czech) (EN)
Kopka, H., Daly, P. W. LaTeX podrobný průvodce. Vydání první. Computer Press, Brno, 2004. ISBN 80-722-6973-9. (CS)
Kottwitz, S. LaTeX Beginner's Guide. Packt Publishing, Birmingham, 2011. ISBN 978-1847199867.
Rybička, J. LaTeX pro začátečníky [LaTeX for Beginners]. 3. edition. Konvoj, Brno, 2003. ISBN 80-7302-049-1. (In Czech) (EN)
Rybička, J. LaTeX pro začátečníky. 3. vydání. Konvoj, Brno, 2003. ISBN 80-7302-049-1. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3 Bachelor's

    branch BIT , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Bohuslav Křena, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  1. Goals and structure of the course, typography fundamentals, review of tools for document prepatation.
  2. Introduction to LaTeX system - philosophy, software, plain and hybrid composition, paragraph composition.
  3. Document composition - comon rules for structuring, LaTeX commands for document structuring, composition of mathematical expressions in LaTeX.
  4. Table formating and image inserting in LaTeX.
  5. Standards for references, references in LaTeX.
  6. Basics of presentation preparing, presentation tools  in LaTeX.

Project

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Bohuslav Křena, Ph.D.