Typography and DTP - Text Processing (TPG1)

Microsoft Office, Other

This course teaches practical typography, desktop publishing, and effective text layout workflows to create professional printed and digital materials. You will practice type selection, spacing, hyphenation, and page composition to improve clarity and hierarchy.

It is designed for creators of promo materials, editors, and designers who want to refine typographic skills, improve text processing workflows, and learn DTP techniques. The course balances theory and hands-on exercises with real examples for print and web.

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The course:

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• Type
1. History and development of type
2. Typography overview
3. Applications and use cases

• Font structure
1. Font classification and anatomy
2. Monospaced fonts (definition, examples, use)
3. Proportional fonts (definition, examples, use)
4. Serif fonts (definition, examples, use)
5. Sans‑serif fonts (definition, examples, use)
6. Font styles and weights (definition, examples, use)
7. Other font adjustments

• Typesetting details
1. Definition and purpose
2. Special characters (examples and use)
3. Non‑breaking spaces
4. Punctuation
5. Hyphen and dash
6. Abbreviations
7. Other glyphs

• Page layout
1. Best placement of text on the page
2. Headers and footers (placement, content, execution)
3. Integrating graphics with text

• Paragraph
1. Alignment
2. Spacing
3. Other paragraph adjustments
4. Styles
5. Practical usage examples

• Technical typesetting
1. Definition and purpose
2. Tables
3. Formulas and calculations
4. Equations
5. Additional options
6. Use cases and examples

• Web design
1. Basic principles
2. Fonts for the web
3. Paragraphs on screens
4. Practical web examples

• Examples
1. Typical typography in book design
2. Typical typography in magazine design
3. Typical typography in web design

• Information
1. Sources (books, magazines, websites)
2. Development and trends in typography

Assumed knowledge:

Basic knowledge of Windows and MS Word.

Schedule:

1 day (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM )

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