III. Fill the gaps using the following words:

Letterpress, matrices, letter, keyboard, origination, film, photocomposition, caster, justify, type, lines

1. At the end of the nineteenth century … was still being set by hand

2. The design, typesetting and many … operations can be carried out on a personal computer.

3. The … was introduced about 40 years ago.

4. Private printing hoses use … to print from metal type.

5. Photocomposition and desk-top publishing output … or disks

6. Pieces of metal were cast to carry a … of the alphabet on their face, and were assembled in … with metal spaces.

7. To … the lines means to create straight left and right edges on a page of type.

8. The Monotype system consists of a … which perforates a paper tape.

9. In the Intertype the keyboard and the … are combined in one machine.

10. A hot metal is then forced into the … to form a solid line of type.

Module Test 14

I. Read the sentences and say if they are true or false. If they are false, correct them.

1. Personal computers became available in the late 80s

2. The term desk-top publishing was originally used to explain the design and layout of documents.

3. The laser printers can produce the image of the same quality as photocomposition.

4. The introduction of PostScript allowed work produced on Macintoshes or PCs to be converted into data for origination.

5. Reference and academic books and directories are printed by photocomposition.

6. Desk-top publishing can reproduce black and white line halftone pictures as well as colour pictures.

7. The design, typesetting and origination operations will be done on DTP only by specialists.

8. The development of DTP will reduce the number of typesetters and repro houses.

II. Find the equivalents of the following terms:

1. layout a) редактор

2. line picture b) настільна видавнича система

3. imagesetter c) вивід інформації

4. repro house d) виготовлення форми

5. halftone e) роздільна здатність

6. typeface f) струменевий принтер

7. directory g) штриховий малюнок

8. origination h) рукопис

9. PostScript i) проектування, розробка

10. scaling down j) видавництво

11. typesetting k) фотонабірна машина

12. newsletter l) формат

13. information output m) гарнітура шрифта

14. ink-jet printer n) зменшення

15. resolution o) довідник

16. desk-top publishing p) верстка

17. design q) підручник

18. manuscript r) інформаційний листок

19. editor s) півтоновий

20. academic book t) набір шрифта

III. Fill the gaps using the following words:

offset, editors, reproduced, desk-top publishing, photocomposition, typesetting, printers

1. The term……….. (DTP) was originally used to describe the design and layout of documents.

2. Laser………… with a higher resolution enabled the output to be used as originals for …..…... printing.

3. The desk-top publishing has replaced …………….

4. High resolution scanning of colour pictures cannot be………….. by DTP.

5. Soon all design, ……………..and origination operations will be able to be carried out within DTP.

6. These developments have completely changed the nature of the work done by ……………and designers.