FI:PB029 Electronic Publishing - Course Information

PB029 Electronic Document Preparation

Extent and Intensity

2/1/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

doc. RNDr. Petr Sojka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Vrabcová (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Michal Růžička, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Vít Starý Novotný, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Zuzana Nevěřilová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. et Mgr. Marie Stará (assistant)
Mgr. Dávid Lupták (assistant)

Guaranteed by

doc. RNDr. Petr Sojka, Ph.D.
Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Petr Sojka, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Visual Computing – Faculty of Informatics

Timetable

Mon 15. 9. to Mon 15. 12. Mon 10:00–11:50 A318

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

PB029/01: Wed 17. 9. to Wed 17. 12. Wed 10:00–10:50 C119, M. Růžička, P. Sojka, V. Starý Novotný, T. Vrabcová
PB029/02: Wed 17. 9. to Wed 17. 12. Wed 11:00–11:50 C119, M. Růžička, P. Sojka, V. Starý Novotný, T. Vrabcová
PB029/03: Mon 15. 9. to Mon 15. 12. Mon 14:00–14:50 C119, M. Růžička, P. Sojka, V. Starý Novotný, T. Vrabcová
PB029/04: Mon 15. 9. to Mon 15. 12. Mon 15:00–15:50 C119, M. Růžička, P. Sojka, V. Starý Novotný, T. Vrabcová

Prerequisites

No strict prerequisites are set. Knowledge of basic algorithmic techniques in the Python language and attention to detail are a plus. Students would benefit from basic knowledge of a Unix scripting environment (e.g., from attending PV004 UNIX).

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 189 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 74/189, only registered: 0/189, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/189

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

Basic principles, algorithms, and techniques used in electronic publishing are taught. Students will practice the creation of sizable, structured, technical documents like theses or dissertations, scientific data visualizations, and technical presentations -- it is ideal to enroll before writing their first thesis (in TeX). Web publishing and using Jupyter notebooks in Python for visualizations are also covered.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course students should be able to apply basic principles, algorithms and technologies of (team) document preparation and production, namely as an author of technical documents (thesis, course presentation materials, program documentation, web presentation or for quality database publication). Students will use typesetting system TeX suite of programs.
Students will be able to pick up and work with appropriate tools and software packages used in the electronic documents' development cycle and preparation of above specified document types.

Syllabus

• From Author to Reader: The Document Preparation Cycle.
• Markup.  Logical structure of a document; markup languages. LaTeX as a markup language. HTML5, SGML, HTML, XML. Document grammars. DTD, XML Schema.
• Design. Principles of book design. Specifics of web design. CSS, XSL(T).
• Typesetting. Typesetting, typography. Basic principles and rules for Czech and English. Terminology.
• Typefaces. Classification of type. Formats, rasterization of fonts. Type 1, Multiple master fonts.
• Typesetting systems. TeX -- principles, philosophy, macro programming. Microtypography.
• Algorithms of line and page breaking, hyphenation.
• Page description languages. Post\-Script. Bézier curves.
• Print and Distribution. Output devices and their characteristics. Phototypesetting, printing, 3D printing, and binding.
• Hypertext, hypertext systems. Formats for electronic delivery. Portable Document Format, Adobe Acrobat.
• Parallel WWW and paper publication. Database publishing. Document format conversion, shared document development in git. Specifics of presentation preparation (beamer). 3D printing. Dynamic documents in Jupyter notebooks (Python), and scientific visualization techniques.

Literature

required literature
• BERAN, Vladimír. Aktualizovaný typografický manuál. 2. oprav. vyd. Praha: Kafka design, 2000, 1 sv. info
• RYBIČKA, Jiří. LATEX pro začátečníky. 3. vyd. Brno: Konvoj, 2003, 238 s. ISBN 80-7302-049-1. info

recommended literature
• BRINGHURST, Robert. The elements of typographic style. Vancouver: Hartley & Marks, 1992, 254 s. ISBN 0-88179-033-8. info

not specified
• KNUTH, Donald Ervin. Digital typography. Stanford: Center for the Study of Language and Information, 1999, xv, 685 s. ISBN 1-57586-010-4. info
• Airi Salminen, Frank Tompa. Communicating with XML, 2011. 226 s. ISBN 978-1461409915. http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4614-0992-2
• Mark Pilgrim: Ponořme se do HTML5. http://www.root.cz/knihy/ponorme-se-do-html5/

Teaching methods

Two-hour `lecture' per week will consist of a) a classical talk about electronic document preparation and b) a demo session as preparation for exercises. One-hour practical exercises are aimed at practical work with software in the area of desktop publishing (mostly open source, data-visualisation, and TeX-related).

Assessment methods

Evaluation methods are presented at https://www.fi.muni.cz/lemma/PB029/practices/organizacni-pokyny/#metody-hodnoceni.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• SBAPR Bachelor Thesis

Study support

https://www.fi.muni.cz/lemma/PB029/

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Teacher's information

https://www.fi.muni.cz/lemma/PB029/

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