15PT21T: Fundamentals of Design and Layout Printing 2nd Sem Syllabus for Diploma DTE Karnataka C15 Scheme

Fundamentals of Design and Layout detail DTE Kar Diploma syllabus for Printing Technology (PT), C15 scheme is extracted from DTE Karnataka official website and presented for diploma students. The course code (15PT21T), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below. The syllabus PDFs can be downloaded from official website.

For all other printing 2nd sem syllabus for diploma c15 scheme dte karnataka you can visit Printing 2nd Sem Syllabus for Diploma C15 Scheme DTE Karnataka Subjects. The detail syllabus for fundamentals of design and layout is as follows.

Pre-requisites:

Knowledge of Basic Computer Application and Microsoft Word.

Course Objectives:

1. To study the Fundamentals of Design and Layout and Color Theory, Page Layout
2. To know the Basic Skills in Printing and Publishing Software.

Course Outcomes:

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I Elements of Design and Layout

1. Design – Introduction to graphic design – goal, audience, venue and budget.
2. Design elements – line, shape, value, format, texture-visual and tactile, type, color, and space-negative and positive.
3. Design Principles – Balance- Symmetrical and asymmetrical – Optical Centre, Unity, Emphasis, Contrast, rhythm, proportion and harmony
4. Layout – definition – stages of layout – Visualization, Thumbnails, Rough layout and Comprehensive/final layout.

II Introduction to Typography

1. Anatomy of types – Measurements followed in typography – Point, Pica, X height, Ascender, and descender, base line and body width. Parts of type – arm, stroke, bracket, bowl, terminal, serif, hairline, count, stem and spine.
2. Type groups/races –black letter, roman old style, sanserief, serief and novelty/decorative – type face – type font – type family – type style – modern typefaces – display types – true type and open type. Initials – raised and dropped.
3. Importance of Legibility and Readability – Vector fonts and bitmapped fonts – Logos, pictograms and trademarks.
4. Typographic specifications for different classes of work – Bookwork, Magazine work, and Newspaper work.

III Understanding Color Theory

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IV Basics of Page Layout

1. Organizing content – Listing the sequence of work operation – house style – grids, guides and columns – templates – master page – style sheet – caption – quotes – headers and footers- folio- headlines and sub headlines – margins.
2. Handling of images – cropping, scaling and skewing
3. Imposition scheme – half sheet work/work and turn, work and tumble, work and twist.
4. Layout formats for Magazine, Newspaper, and Bookwork.

V Basic Skills in Printing and Publishing software

1. Definition: Dummy – proof reading – proof reading marks – printers mark – crop, trim, bleed slug and registration – considerations for print production.
2. Designing of other printed products – brochure, leaf let, visiting card, invitation, booklet and folders.
3. Software used for designing and page layout – Photoshop, Corel Draw, PageMaker, Adobe In design, illustrator and Quark Xpress – Basic tools & application.
4. File formats – TIFF, JPEG, PDF, GIF, PS, EPS and PNG.

Reference Books:

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Suggested List of Student Activities:

Note: the following activities or similar activities for assessing CIE (IA) for 5 marks (Any one)

1. Each student should do any one of the following type activity or any other similar activity related to the course and before conduction, get it approved from concerned Teacher and HOD.
2. Each student should conduct different activity and no repeating should occur

1. Prepare a detail Study Report on Layout and Graphic designing
2. Tell/Take the students to visit printing industry; ask to observe the Typographic specifications for different classes of work and prepare the report
3. Analyze and compare the types Groups
4. Prepare the report on understanding of Color
5. Prepare the Layout for different commercial jobs
6. Make a Detail Study report on Software used for designing and page layout

Course Delivery:

• The course will be delivered through lectures and Power point presentations/ Video

Model Question Paper:

(CIE)

1. Write about Introduction of Graphic Design
2. Define Typography? What are the Measurement used in Typography? OR

Distinguish between True type and Open Type Font?

3. Discuss about Design principles of
1. Optical Centre
2. Unity
3. Emphasis
4. Rhythm
5. Harmony OR

Explain in detail typographic Specification of Bookwork?

Model Question Paper:

PART-A

1. Answer any six questions. 5X6=30 marks

1. Define Layout? List the Stages of Layout?
2. Define Typography? What are the Measurement used in Typography?
3. Define about Black letter and Roman Style with its uses?.
4. Describe about Secondary Color with Sketch?
5. Explain about tertiary colors with Sketch?
6. Describe about imposition scheme?
7. Define Half Sheet work? What are the types of half sheet work?
8. List any 20 proof reader’s marks?
9. Explain
1. registration mark
2. trim mark or crop mark.

PART- B

1. Answer any seven full questions. 10X7=70 Marks

1. Describe about the Type, Texture-visual and Tactile, color, space, Format in Detail?.
2. Explain about
1. Type Font
2. Type Family
3. Type Style
4. Typeface
3. Describe about Modern Type faces , Display types, true type and Open type?
4. Distinguish Between Primary Color and Secondary Color?
5. What is Color wheel? Explain the purpose with Diagram.
6. Explain the list of sequence of work operations in a press?
7. Explain the house style and what are the factors to be followed?
8. Explain
1. Grids
2. Guides
3. Columns.
9. Explain the considerations for print production.
10. Write the steps to design a Visiting cards

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