The printing school at Chowan College (North Carolina) is an outgrowth of mutual cooperation between the community and the junior college. Not only does the college provide students with the latest training in graphic arts, but it also provides publishers and printers in North Carolina, Virginia, and the entire eastern seaboard with highly-skilled…

Graphic impressions (stationery, publications, bookstore items, displays, campus signage) is one of four communication mechanisms available to a college. Harper College in Illinois offers an example of a uniform graphics approach. A graphics designer has the role of publicizing a college to its community. (CA)

Relating one subject field with another is always good practice. This program calls for such relating. (GB)

The process for making a celluoid etching (drypaint technique) is feasible for the high school art room because the use of acid is avoided. The procedure outlined includes; 1) preparation of the plate, 2) inking the plate, 3) printing the plate, 4) tools necessary for the preceding. (BF)

"A photogram is an image produced on light-sensitive paper by means of objects placed between the paper and the light source. Discussed in the article are the history of photograms, materials needed, techniques for experimentation, and variations of the media. (BF)

The author describes the screenprinting project he uses to begin his high school Printmaking I class and gives detailed instructions, with materials lists and diagrams, for the multicolor screenprinting process. This is one of several articles in this issue on graphic arts projects. (SJL)

Chapter 4 of S. 22 requires that works bear a copyright notice, but greatly reduces the penalties for an incorrect or nonexisting notice. It also establishes an optional system of copyright registration. The 12 sections of Chapter 4 are discussed in depth and compared to the existing copyright law. (LBH)

Editors of nine top institutional publications were surveyed. All of them work with limited staff and budget and produce Council for Advancement and Support of Education award-winning publications. Key tricks of the trade include make a formal editorial calendar, focus on topics important to readers, etc. (MLW)

Offers a brief overview of Gestalt theory. Shows how six Gestalt principles (proximity, closure, symmetry, figure-ground segregation, good continuation, and similarity) can be applied to improve a reader's comprehension of a badly designed instruction module that uses several graphics. (SR)

Defines transposition operations (changing the way the display of the model proceeds) in diagrams within computer graphics. Describes transpositions that are spatial (moving the point of view or the point viewed), procedural (changing the flow of time), or organizational (arranging multiple simultaneous views and interjecting auxiliary measuring…

Reports on an imaginary exercise in which five Standard General Markup Language developers created five different document type definitions for the literary magazine "The New Yorker." Illustrates the richness and complexity of document type definition development. (SR)

Discusses the problem of using graphics in international documents, since graphics are not universal unless expressly designed as such. Discusses how to plan international graphics, pitfalls to avoid, wordless instructions, and text. Offers a checklist for cultural and national differences. (SR)

Examines over 14,000 clip art images for gender bias. Finds that only 4% of images depicted women and that those images present women in stereotypical roles, such as secretaries, nurses, teachers. Notes the irony that communication instructors expend much effort persuading students that gender-free prose is the new model--while visually still…

Reports that technical communicators face ethical questions at almost every step when working with graphics and illustrations. Presents examples of ethical conflicts, describes some of the prominent visual rhetorics, and discusses ethical issues that need to be addressed. Suggests some steps for improving ethical awareness related to graphics and…