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| موضوع: Desktop publishing 1/18/2011, 06:53 | |
| Definitions (تعاريف): Desktop publishing: The use of a computer system for all steps of document production, including typing, editing, graphics, and printing. Font creation applications: allow users to design and create their own typefaces, called fonts. Type manipulation applications: allow users to modify text in visually creative ways. Service bureaux: companies that specialize in printing other people’s files on imagesetters, just like copy stores make copiers available to others. Font: is a set of characters which all have the same style, shape and size. Font software: is software that provides userswith a range of fonts.. Scalable fonts: they are fonts that you can change, as I've just described. You can alter their shape or size because they are stored as an outline and this outline can be changed. They are much more flexible than bit-mapped fonts, which can't be changed at all. This kind of font is stored as a whole image made up of dots, not just as an outline, and you get a distorted image of the font if you try to scale it.. Enumeration (تعداد): ‘Desktop publishing’ refers to…? The use of personal computers to: 1. Design, implement. 2. And publish books, newsletters, magazines. 3. And other printed pieces. Desktop publishing is really…? A combination of a few different processes including: 1. Word processors. 2. Graphic design. 3. Output and pre-press technology. 4. And sometimes image manipulation. There are many applications that support these processes, including: 1. Font creation applications. 2. Type manipulation applications. Layout application is used to: 1. Import text from word processing applications. 2. Graphics from paint. 3. And drawing applications and images from scanning or image manipulation applications. 4. And to combine and arrange them all on a page. Service bureaux can offer? 1. Imageset output. 2. Laser printer output. 3. Colour laser printer output. 4. And even slide or film recorder output. 5. In addition some have colour scanning equipment. What you can with a font manipulation program?? I can change the fonts in any way once I have all these fonts: 1. I can enlarge scalable fonts. 2. I can stretch them. 3. Condense them. 4. Rotate them. 5. Do all kinds of things with them. Are there different types of scalable fonts produced by different companies? There are two main formats, we call them of scalable fonts: 1. There are TrueType from Apple and Microsoft. 2. And PostScript from Adobe Systems. Abbreviations (اختصارات): DTP: Desktop publishing. Questions (أسئلة): Why the desktop publishing software is so popular and useful?? Because it has the ability to manipulate so many different items and control how they are used that makes layout. What is the last stop before a document is printed?? The desktop publishing (DTP) software is usually the last stop before a document is printed. What is the task of imagesetters?? Imagesetters are devices used to printed files onto film by high quality, and printed on a traditional printing press. Why most people con not afford to buy imagesetters own?? Because are expensive devices. If you might has Times Italic in 12 point. What that means?? 'Times Italic' is the name of the typeface and '12 point' refers to the size. Who uses font software?? It's mainly used by people using desktop publishing packages. What do they do with all these fonts? They choose one that communicates their message in the best way. For promotional leaflets and advertising of any kind, it's important to choose the right font. Synonyms (مرادفات): Grammar (قواعد): إن شكل الكلمات الجديدة في اللغة الإنكليزية يكون بثلاث طرق أساسية "page 94": 1. إما بإضافة اللاحقة "suffix" أو البادئة "prefix"، أمثلة: Print - reprint. Print -printer. 2. أو "Conversion" مثال: Print (v) -Print (n). 3. أو بالتركيب "Compounding"، مثال: finger + print -fingerprint.
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