Fundamentals of Layout

Author: Xu Lingde
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The compilation and review of the teaching materials strictly adhere to the teaching syllabus of the courses outlined in the teaching plan for graphic information processing and printing technology. It fully reflects new technologies, new materials, and new processes. The second edition of the teaching materials has strengthened the concept of vocational education, making the structure and format of the materials more adaptable to the teaching needs of cultivating practical and skilled talents. It provides a basis and standard for unifying teaching content and ensuring teaching quality. This set of teaching materials is suitable for the teaching needs of technical schools, vocational high schools, and similar schools in the fields of graphic information processing and printing technology. It can also serve as training materials for printing technicians and reference books for self-study.
This book primarily studies the layout structure and formal characteristics of books, journals, newspapers, official documents, trademarks, advertisements, forms, and other social elements. It explores how to utilize the functions of computer layout software to design, create, and process layouts, enabling publications to achieve optimal reading effects and fully leverage their social and economic benefits.
The basic content of this book includes common knowledge of the structure, layout, typography, and font sizes of books, journals, newspapers, and other printed materials; the layout principles and prohibited layout rules for text, punctuation marks, foreign letters, numbers, tables, and charts in different publications; proofreading knowledge and the use of proofreading symbols; as well as national regulations and legal knowledge related to the editing, layout, and proofreading of publications.
Through the study of this course, students will be able to comprehensively master the basic knowledge and layout principles of various publications and printed materials, improve their literary processing and layout adjustment skills, and ensure that publications meet high-quality and efficient standards. This will contribute to the prosperity and development of China's publishing and printing industry, as well as to the civilization and progress of human society.