460-2066/02 – Typography of Technical Documents (STD)
Gurantor department | Department of Computer Science | Credits | 1 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Mgr. Jiří Dvorský, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Mgr. Jiří Dvorský, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Optional |
Year | 2 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | English |
Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
Intended for the faculties | FEI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
Students will acquire the basic competencies for the production of technical documents, such as semestral projects, technical reports or bachelor's theses. Among the acquired competencies are the ability to identify the key parts of the document, to describe, illustrate and defend the solution. The skills acquired include the typography of the technical document using the LaTeX system.
Teaching methods
Tutorials
Summary
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.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Other requirements are not put on students.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
The following topics will be addressed in the seminars:
Tools for technical documents typesetting.
LaTeX principles.
Plain text typesetting.
Math typesetting.
Tables.
Technical illustrations.
Data visualizations, graphs.
References in documents, citations, cross references.
Fonts, document layout.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction