Goals - Spring 2008

A 16th-century German woodcut engraving showing typesetters in the background and press operators in the foreground. The original set of images shows eight aspects of the nascent printing trade.

Students with rudimentary skills in desktop publishing will learn to manage technical document projects and master a number of digital prepress techniques necessary for working with outside print bureaus. The course builds on the document design lessons of previous classes, giving students more practical experience in dealing with the full range of technical and management issues involved in print production projects.

Students will learn to design a variety of technical documents according to digital prepress standards; manage long-term publication projects; and estimate, schedule, and track document projects through the entire publication process.

Textbooks

• Felici, James. The Complete Manual of Typography. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press, 2003.
• Kenly, Eric and Mark Beach. Getting it Printed: How to Work with Printers and Graphic Imaging Services to Assure Quality, Stay on Schedule, and Control Costs. 4th ed. Cincinnati, OH: How Design Books, 2004.
• Cohen, Sandee. InDesign CS3 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide. Berkeley, CA: PeachPit, 2007.

Optional

• Lynda.com - visual learners may want to consider subscribing on a month-by-month basis to Lynda.com's video tutorials of various programs, including print applications such as InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Subscriptions are $25 per month for access to all of the site's training videos.

Policies

Please review all course policies, but for those in a hurry, the rules can be distilled to this one sentence: "Show up, do your work, help others." If you have any questions after reading the fine print, please let me know.