Rationale:
Text and graphics are two important parts of printing. Typography
and text formatting methods come under the title of Letter Assembly.
As a part of print production, the evolution of typesetting methods
from metal types to digital fonts should be studied, so that the
basics of typography, type style, spacing and formatting the pages
can be learnt with proper perspective. It is equally important
to study the problems of printing regional language, type setting
in bilingual environment, as a large segment of printing industry
is related to regional language publishing. The aim of this is
to create a proper attitude towards handling computer software
for print production.
Lesson
No 1: Role of Letter Assembly in Printing
Theory.
Marks
Hours
1.1
Brief history of developments from Gutenberg to DTP
2
2
1.2
Copy Preparation - various stages
2
1
1.3
Techniques - Hot Metal and Cold types
2
1
Lesson
No 2: Review of systems and its
relevance to present system
Theory.
Marks
Hours
2.1
Hand composing
2
1
2.2
Lino & Mono casting
2
1
2.3
Phototypesetting
2
2
2.4
DTP
6
4
Lesson
No 3: Type and Accessories
Theory.
Marks
Hours
3.1
Definition of type and typography
3
2
3.2
Dimensions of type- Parts of metal type (3 dimensional),
2 Dimensional (cold type)
3
2
3.3
Equipment -- Type cases, proofing machine, Composing
stick
3
2
3.4
Equipment - PC, Software, Printer
3
2
Lesson
No 4: Type Measurement Systems
Theory.
Marks
Hours
4.1
Point system - Point, em and Pica
2
1
4.2
Type measurement and calculations- Copy fitting
2
1
4.3
Type variations (Font, Family of type) and its application
3
2
4.4
Spacing- Mechanical, optical, letter space, word space,
leading
Positive spacing, Negative spacing.
2
2
4.5
Formatting - kerning and tracking, kerning pairs, kerning
tables.
Justification, Hyphenation, Rules and borders, Dingbats,
bullets.
3
2
Lesson
No 5 Formatting Page Layout
Theory.
Marks
Hours
5.1
Paragraph style - indention, Tabs, alignment, leading
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