DES-644 Editorial Typography

3 Credits

This course provides students with exposure to advanced concepts and procedures that are required in preparing art and designs for professional printing. Topics include color calibration and control, color management, advanced electronic layout, digital color separation, project management and file preparation, digital proofing, process printing and coverage of emerging trends in digital printing and variable-data printing. A particular emphasis is placed on the relationship between the desires of graphic design and the realities of print production.