Oreilly – How Computers Make Books 2024-6

How Computers Make Books course. This course will show you how computers have revolutionized the world of book publishing. You will be introduced to basic computer science concepts such as file formatting, transfer and storage, computer programming and task automation. How do computers represent all the different languages ​​and characters that humans use? How do they condense a huge amount of complex information into a book in seconds? And what exactly is a computer program? This book answers all these questions by describing the story of the creation of this book! Computers play a role in every step of creating a book, from digitally recording the author’s words to controlling how ink is transferred to paper. By guiding you through the modern digital printing process, this book teaches you basic computer science concepts such as file formatting, transfer and storage, computer programming, and task automation.

This book takes you on a journey from the simple white page to the world of typesetting, creating grayscale images from black ink, electronic file formats, and more. By showing the story of every word, image and page, this book presents computer science in a tangible and attractive way. You’ll even learn how to write your own simple programs and get hands-on with the fun of computer science.

What you will learn:

• Basic concepts of computer science
• How digital printing works
• How to convert text to e-book
• How human explanations are transformed into computer programs
• How computers can understand document formatting
• How a program decides where to print ink on the screen
• How the history of typesetting shows itself in modern books
• Principles of computer programming

This course is suitable for people who:

• They are interested in computer science
• They want to know how books are made
• Looking to learn new skills

How Computers Make Books course specifications

• Publisher: Oreilly
• Lecturer: John Whitington
• Training level: beginner to advanced
• Training duration: 3 hours and 15 minutes

Course headings

• Chapter 1. Putting marks on paper
• Chapter 2. Letter forms
• Chapter 3. Storing words
• Chapter 4. Looking and finding
• Chapter 5. Typing it in
• Chapter 6. Saving space
• Chapter 7. The sums behind the screen
• Chapter 8. Gray areas
• Chapter 9. A typeface
• Chapter 10. Words to paragraphs
• Chapter 11. Out into the world

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