Course: Practical DTP Production

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Course title Practical DTP Production
Course code KZU/PDTBN
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Páral Karel, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Selection of content and format for periodicals, print media, and flyersindividual presentation 2. Design (layout) of the front page and subsequent pageseditorial pages, advertising pages, masthead, and color selection 3. Graphic design of newspaper and magazine pages and its relationship to contentindividual presentation 4. Typographic formatting of texts, font selection, newspaper headlines 5. Text wrapping into columns 6. Graphic design of columns 7. Photographs, drawings, graphs, and tables and their integration into print pagesindividual presentation 8. Ongoing page adjustments, text repositioning, and additional editing of photographs and charts 9. Assembling print pages and supplements, and their placement 10. Finalization in DTP and preparation for printing 11. Presentation and evaluation of one's own work 12. Presentation and evaluation of one's own work 13. Final class session

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Activating (Simulations, Games, Dramatization), Group work
Learning outcomes
The course is designed as a practical workshop in which students in real terms verify the existing theoretical knowledge and skills that are necessary for creating newspapers and magazines.
Students will acquire practical and professional competences and routines that anable them to work independently in given area and the students will be prepared for the practical part of the final examination.
Prerequisites
completion of basic introductory courses

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Active participation on seminars, output of the seminar is a proposal of layout of periodical. Work in groups is acceptable.
Recommended literature
  • Beran,V. Typografický manuál - učebnice počítačové typografie. Kafka design, Praha 1999.
  • Blažej,B. Grafická úprava tiskovin. Praha 1990.
  • Horný,S. Počítačová typografie. Praha, Grada 1997.
  • Hyan,J. Digitální fotografie, TH Soft, Praha 1998.
  • Kočička,P., Blažek, F. Praktická typografie. Computer Press, Brno 2004.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Journalism (2022) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Journalism (2026) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Journalism (2022) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Journalism (2019) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Journalism (2025) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Journalism (2019) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Journalism (2019) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Journalism (2025) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Journalism (2022) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter