This course in desktop publishing contains seven illustrated modules designed to meet the following objectives: (1) use a desktop publishing program to explore advanced topics in graphic design; (2) learn about typography and how to make design decisions on the use of typestyles; (3) learn basic principles in graphic communications and apply them…

Based on the experiences of the Nonformal Education Information Center (NFEIC) in publishing "The NFE Exchange," this manual documents the process through which "The NFE Exchange" is planned, organized, and produced, in order to provide assistance to other organizations interested in producing a periodical or similar…

Author sought out a method of teaching printmaking that would almost guarantee students encouraging results at the beginning of their work while firing them up for further investigations into the graphic media. (Author/RK)

All phases of a newsletter operation are covered in this guide for the inexperienced newsletter editor. Separate chapters deal with establishing the purpose of the newsletter; gathering, writing, and editing stories; choosing format, paper, letterhead, mailing procedure, and methods of financing the newsletter; working with type; printing by…

In this book, intended for artists who have little knowledge of the development and history of illustation (particularly in the children's book field), artists describe their philosophies, standards, and techniques for illustrating books. The articles are organized under four general headings: the history and philosophy of illustration, notes…

This description of the System for Automated Typesetting (SCAT), an automated system for typesetting text and inserting special graphic symbols in programmed instructional materials created by the computer aided authoring system AUTHOR, provides an outline of the design architecture of the system and an overview including the component…

The problems faced by the printer-editors in Wisconsin Territory were financial want, dependence on slow and unreliable transportation and mail systems, and a lack of reliable journeyman compositors and printers. Sources of income regularly included backers who were community promoters of politicians and who frequently withdrew their support with…

This book presents the five national prizewinning papers in the twenty-third copyright law symposium conducted by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). Titles of the papers are "The USSR Joins the Universal Copyright Convention" (first prize), "Copyright Misuse: Thirty Years Waiting for the Other…

The Children's Book Council of New York presents outstanding books for 1976 in the Children's Book Showcase 1976 catalog. Selection criteria place heavy emphasis on illustration, typography, layout, binding, paper, printing, and reproduction, with vitality and originality also considered. The two-page spread for each of the 28 selections contains…

This course outline in printing and preparing graphics represents an accumulation of materials and information based on the experiences of the author in the field for the past 18 years. The document opens with an orientation section which outlines class organization, reviews shop facilities, and states objectives for the course and the students.…

A proposal that the normal reader does not pay attention to individual letters but to sets of features which are characteristic of a word as a whole is presented and tested in this investigation. It was hypothesized that the reader learns (1) to extract distinctive feature information simultaneously from several parts of the configuration and (2)…

The course is one of a group which provides 11th grade students with the general information, technical knowledge, basic skills, attitudes, and values required for job entry level in the printing industry. Course content includes goals, specific objectives, orientation, types of lithographic plates, surface plates for offset, wipe-on plates,…

This report chronicles the first Society of Magazine Editors' educators seminar, which was held in New York from May 13-17, 1974, and was attended by ten journalism faculty. The industry's concerns, as expressed through editors, are paper, printing, postage, people, and profit. The Magazine Publishers Association (MPA) seems mostly concerned with…

This book explains the job of the yearbook editor and illustrates, in its own layout, how a yearbook should be designed, structured, and organized. By examining the design of this book, a yearbook editor can learn the basics of yearbook production and editing. The table of contents is divided into introduction, body, and appendixes to indicate how…

Micropublishing, a new technology, has provided small-circulation periodicals, which have little advertising revenues, with an alternative to escalating costs of traditional paper publication. The process of micropublishing which is most serviceable for short-run periodicals involves the use of microfiche--a small piece of film which can contain…