In the simplest case the layout - it's just a bunch of text
on the computer. Of course, it may seem that it is able to deal with everyone,
but there is an area of human activity where it is needed-layout specialists.
This area - printing, or the release of the printed products.
The book editions, there are approximately several tens ofconventional rules of arrangement and design of the text. For example, on a
single page should not be more than three kinds of different fonts, first line
indent must be no longer than the end of the last one a piece of text can be
allocated no more than one way, and so on. D. In the editions of the newspaper
format, these rules naturally, are not met. In addition, in each edition, there
are other, bound by the same rules.
In essence, the coder - one of the initial positions, which
many people begin their work in the field of printing. At an earlier stage is a
compositor on the PC, however, these positions are often combined. A large
number of experts in the field of print design started out just typesetter. In
principle, a clear distinction between the work of an artist, designer and
coder difficult. It is said that the artist-designer works (just as an artist)
in any publication, only the first few months of its existence, is still and
approved by its individual style, developed when the art concept of the
edition. With the formation of printing (and often without it), an experienced
coder can claim for the position of technical editor responsible for the
publication or release. Strictly speaking,
Among DTP
many graduates of technical high schools, well-versed in computer technology.
In small editions, along with a layout specialist takes care and maintenance of
the computer park. Specialists know that, starting from a certain number of
pages (15-20), with the document easier to work is not generally known in the
Word editor, and in another - for example, in PageMaker. There is a
"gentleman" set of programs, which should possess specialist in
desktop publishing: Publishing QuarkPress system, Adobe PageMaker and graphics
program Adobe Illustrator. It should be noted that the operation for printing
is usually done on computers wt (Macintosh) platform, not the PC, which are
used to work the majority of users. Specialist should be familiar
cross-platform manipulation.
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