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The Search for the Perfect Typeface.
Jungblut, Joseph A. – Quill and Scroll, 1995
States that every editor, designer, and printer has a favorite typeface and can usually give solid reasons for its use. Discusses the important aspects of type choice and use. Provides examples that illustrate typography terminology as well as special typographical effects that can be created with computers and software programs. (PA)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Computers, High Schools
Communicating Visually: Incorporating Document Design in Writing Tasks
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Campbell, Nittaya – Business Communication Quarterly, 2006
In communication courses, the focus has traditionally been on text: how to craft good news or bad news messages, proposals, reports, and so on. However, rapid developments in printing and computer technology have meant that communication has become more visual than ever before. Words alone are not enough; students need to be able to communicate…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Computers, Visual Environment, Printing
Infographic Strategies: Publications' Staffs, Assisted by Desktop Publishing, Tell Stories in Visuals Second to None.
Jordan, Jim – Communication: Journalism Education Today (C:JET), 1988
Summarizes how infograhics are produced and how they provide information graphically in high school publications. Offers suggestions concerning information gathering, graphic format, and software selection, and provides examples of computer/student designed infographics. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Computers, High Schools
Magazine Development: Creative Arts Magazines Can Take on More Creativity through Staff Innovation, Desktop Publishing.
Cutsinger, John – Communication: Journalism Education Today (C:JET), 1988
Explains how a high school literary magazine staff accessed the journalism department's Apple Macintosh computers to typeset its publication. Provides examples of magazine layouts designed partially or completely by "Pagemaker" software on a Macintosh. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Printers, Computer Software, Computers
Yearbook Production: Yearbook Staffs Can Now "Blame" Strengths, Weaknesses on Computer as They Take More Control of Their Publications.
Hall, H. L. – Communication: Journalism Education Today (C:JET), 1988
Reports on the advantages and disadvantages of desktop publishing, using the Apple Macintosh and "Pagemaker" software, to produce a high school yearbook. Asserts that while desktop publishing may be initially more time consuming for those unfamiliar with computers, desktop publishing gives high school journalism staffs more control over…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Printers, Computer Software, Computers
Newspaper Design: Desktop Newspaper Design Can Make Staffs Throw Their Hands Up, Give Them the Hands-Down Edge.
King, Marianne – Communication: Journalism Education Today (C:JET), 1988
Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using an Apple Macintosh in a high school journalism department. Details the software available in the categories of layout ("Xpress" and "Pagemaker"), word processing ("Microsoft Word"), and graphics ("MacDraw,""Cricket Draw,""MacPaint," and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Computers
Computerization of the Newspaper in the 1980s.
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Garrison, Bruce – 1983
A review of the literature on the computerization of newspaper newsrooms shows that since 1960, computers have assumed an increasingly important role in information collection, news writing and editing, pagination, and news transmission. When newspaper libraries are computerized, reporters are able to find information more quickly and to use…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Graphics, Computer Programs, Computers