Copy-editing and Typography

Copy-editing.
Bibliographical reference systems.
Advanced hyphenation and justification.
Advanced detail in typography.
Designing complex serial publications.
Designing scientific journals.

The student is in possession of operational knowledge about punctuation and micro typography according to national rules of orthography, different bibliographical reference systems, different areas of scientific and scholarly inquiry, different house styles, and different typographic conventions.

The student can in a purposeful and systematic manner handle hyphenation and justification parametres and micro-typographic variables both with respect to context and genre.

The student can implement a design or redesign project of a journal while adhering to international genre conventions based on a contemporary and appealing visual language -- while aiming at a high level of practical functionality, usability and informativity, and which combines a consistent visual identity with an appropriate level of visual differentiation from number to number and from volume to volume.

As a team member in a design or redesign project of a journal, the student will be able to contribute with constructive suggestions about technical and editorial development which takes into account needs and preferences of readers, authors, editors and production staff.

Combined two-person group project and individual project, with weekly supervision (formative-iterative evaluation).