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Typography of Technical Documents

Anotace

The content of the subject is the typography of technical documents primarily using the LaTeX system, which will be demonstrated to the students in practical exercises. Students will learn to typeset all basic elements of text, document structure, tables, charts, illustrations, references. Students will also learn typographical rules valid for Czech language and basic aesthetics of technical documents.

Povinná literatura

KOPKA, Helmut. a Patrick W. DALY. A guide to LATEX: document preparation for beginners and advanced users. 3rd ed. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1999. ISBN 02-013-9825-7.
LAMPORT, Leslie. LATEX: a document preparation system : user's guide and reference manual. 2nd ed. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 1994. ISBN 978-0201529838 .
FELICI, James. The complete manual of typography: a guide to setting perfect type. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press, c2003. ISBN 978-0321127303 .

Advised literature

MITTELBACH, Frank., Michel. GOOSSENS, Johannes. BRAAMS a Chris ROWLEY. The LaTeX companion. 2nd ed. /. Boston: Addison-Wesley, 2004. ISBN 978-0201362992.
GOOSSENS, Michel. The LaTeX Graphics companion. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Addison-Wesley, 2008. ISBN 978-0321508928.
KNUTH, Donald Ervin. The TeXbook. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1986. ISBN 978-0201134483 .


Language of instruction čeština, angličtina
Code 460-2066
Abbreviation STD
Course title Typography of Technical Documents
Coordinating department Department of Computer Science
Course coordinator doc. Mgr. Jiří Dvorský, Ph.D.