Text Generation
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The official GTU curriculum for Text Generation (subject code DI02058021) as prescribed for PT · Semester 2 divides the course into 5 units, covering 39 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (DI02058021)Unit 1 Type Anatomy
- 1.2. Development of various typeface, letterforms, face groups, type family
- 1.3. Type Classification and its variation
- 1.4. Uppercase versus lowercase, Parts of type, weight, leading, width, style, text, display, decorative, non alphabetic
- 1.5. Function of type composition appropriateness, readability Vs. legibility, type color, tight spacing, loose spacing, unbalance spacing
- 1.6. History of manufacturing metal type.
- 1.7. Mechanical typesetting and phototypesetting
- 1.8. Cold type and hot metal typesetting
- 1.9. Type measurement and point system. Use of different variations like bold, italic, condensed, expanded, color type, screen type, onscreen reverse, decorative type, display type,
Unit 2 Computerized typesetting
- 2.2. Digital letterforms: outlined, bitmapped,
- 2.3. Font format: postscript, open type, true type, Macintosh fonts, web fonts, Unicode underlying technology - ASCII Format, RTF format, Unicode program-specific text files, fonts for windows and MAC operating system
- 2.4. Character versus glyph, character map,
- 2.5. Font compatibility issues, pitfall with fonts
- 2.6. Appropriate software for word processing
- 2.7. Working with typography templates
- 2.8. Installing and activating fonts
- 2.9. Adobe type manager
- 2.10. Kerning tables
- 2.11. Spacing: letter spacing, word spacing, line spacing, paragraph spacing, page sizes, and line length, long lines
Unit 3 Copy fitting
- 3.1. Concept of Copy fitting or casting off
- 3.2. Verbal copy, copy for marking, dummy, copy for 08 18 GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY Program Name: Diploma in Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Printing Technology Course / Subject Code : DI02058021 Course / Subject Name : Text Generation w.e.f. 2024-25 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page 3 of 8 and data interfacing printing, layout, imposition
- 3.3. Types of copy fitting: manual copy fitting and digital copy fitting
- 3.4. Concept of interfacing
- 3.5. Mounting Text
- 3.6. Using the structured manuscript
- 3.7. Using tagged manuscript
- 3.8. Using XML format manuscript
- 3.9. Linking layout to text database
- 3.10. Working with text editing parallel with layout work
- 3.11. Collecting documents, images, and fonts, working with server, storing the file in a structured way, naming files and folders, metadata, file managers, digital asses management
Unit 4 Proofing
- 4.1. Need of proofing
- 4.2. Different proofing processes: soft proof, hard proof, contract proof, machine proof, digital proof, shade card,
- 4.3. Preflight software
- 4.4. Proofreading marks and needs
- 4.5. Requirement and qualification of a proofreader
Unit 5 Structural elements of Design
- 5.1. Introduction to different typographical elements
- 5.2. Chapter headings, subheadings, Extracts, outline formats and table contents, navigation tools, page numbers or folios, running heads, jump lines, end marks, captions and legends, footnotes and endnotes, indexes, bibliographies
- 5.3. creation of tables and indexes
- 5.4. creation of style sheets
- 5.5. language specific issues
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