Typography and Publishing

• 13 hrs lectures
• 26 hrs projects

• 30 pts mid-term test (written part)
• 70 pts projects

To understand the common principles of typography. To take an overview of tools for creating documents of high typographic quality. To be familiar with the system LaTeX for preparing professional documents and publications.

Learning how to use the LaTeX system is not an easy task. This was the main reason for creating the course. Students will exercise LaTeX usage by projects. After the course, they will be able to create documents in LaTeX more efficiently as they can concentrate on a document itself rather than on handling LaTeX. There are discussed general typography rules within lectures despite their main focus on LaTeX.

Text editors.

• Rybička, J. LaTeX pro začátečníky [LaTeX for Beginners]. 3. edition. Konvoj, Brno, 2003. ISBN 80-7302-049-1. (In Czech)
• Kopka, H., Daly, P. W. LaTeX podrobný průvodce [A Guide to LaTeX Document Preparation for Beginners and Advanced Users]. Vydání první. Computer Press, Brno, 2004. ISBN 80-722-6973-9. (In Czech)
• Kottwitz, S. LaTeX Beginner's Guide. Packt Publishing, Birmingham, 2011. ISBN 978-1847199867.

• Hanáček, P., et al. Jak publikovat na počítači [How to Publish by Computer]. SCIENCE, Velentiny, 1996. ISBN 80-901475-77. (In Czech)
• ČSN ISO 690: Informace a dokumentace - Pravidla pro bibliografické odkazy a citace informačních zdrojů. ÚNMZ. 2022. (In Czech)

1. Goals and organization of the course, writing as a basis of typography, review of tools for document preparation.
2. Introduction to LaTeX system - philosophy, software, plain and hybrid composition.
3. Document composition - common rules and LaTeX commands for document structuring, the composition of mathematical expressions in LaTeX.
4. Handling tables, algorithms, and images in LaTeX.
5. Standards for references, references in LaTeX.
6. Basics of presentations, presentation tools in LaTeX.

1. Plain and hybrid composition (10 points)
2. Document composition, mathematical expressions (15 points)
3. Pictures, algorithms, and tables (15 points)
4. References (15 points)
5. Presentation preparing (15 points)

No attendance on lectures is monitored within this course. The knowledge of students is examined by the projects and by the final test. Students can obtain up to 70 points from 5 individual projects and up to 30 points from the final test. For passing the course, it is required to obtain at least 50 points. Plagiarism as well as not permitted cooperation on projects and/or cheating during the final test will cause that involved students are not classified and disciplinary action may be initiated. In case of illness or other relevant obstacles that are properly reported and documented, the student can ask a responsible teacher to postpone a project submission or to provide an additional date for the final test.

For passing the course, it is required to obtain at least 50 points. Plagiarism as well as not permitted cooperation on projects and/or cheating during the final test will cause that involved students are not classified and disciplinary action may be initiated.