Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea in Scienze della comunicazione - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

2° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2016/2017

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
A
L-LIN/12

3° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Stage/laboratories
6
F
-
Prova finale
6
E
-
activated in the A.Y. 2016/2017
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
A
L-LIN/12
activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
Stage/laboratories
6
F
-
Prova finale
6
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°- 3°

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

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mMasterful

Teaching code

4S01408

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-STO/08 - ARCHIVAL SCIENCE, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LIBRARIANSHIP

Period

First half of Semester 2  dal Feb 26, 2018 al Apr 21, 2018.

Learning outcomes

The course aims to address and explain the printing techniques from movable type to contemporary industrial processes. Writing tools and supports and publishing processes will be considered as well. Moreover, the course will take into consideration the professions involved in the creation and distribution of the editorial artefacts. Particular attention will be given to printing machines and technological evolution from the end of the nineteenth century to the contemporary age.

Program

The course will focus on the printing processes and in particular on the developmental phases of books and other publishing products. The printing techniques will be defined and explained, deepened into the productive aspects of the editorial artefact. The cours will handle typologies of typefaces and finally the different kind of supports. Finally, the course will describe and analyze various printing machines.
Bibliography:
- Daniele Baroni, Lessico del design editoriale, s.l., Cartiere Burgo, 2001. Saranno da studiare i lemmi che verranno indicati a lezione

- Dario Moretti, Il lavoro editoriale, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 2005.

- https://www.academia.edu/33751083/Glossario_del_libro. Gli studenti dovranno considerare le seguenti voci:
abstract, acquatinta, collatura, aldino, altezza dei caratteri, antiporta, Arrighi, avviamento, John Baskervile, colophon, compositoio, compositore, composizione, contraffazione, copyright, correttore di bozze, corsivo, costi editoriali, Creative commons, cromolitografia, data di edizione, DRM, diritto d'autore, e-book, e-paper, e-reader, editore, editoria, editoria digitale, edizione, fascicolo composizione (I parte), filigrana, font, fonte, forma, forma di stampa, forma tipografica, formato del libro a stampa, Guntenberg, illustrazione, impaginazione, ISBN, lastra per la stampa offset, libro, libro tipografico, licenza, litografia, macchina piana, macchina da stampa, macchina a cilibro, macchina piana, Manuzio, occhietto, paratesto, pergamena (I parte), ponitore, registro, rotativa, rotocalcografia, roto-offset, segnatura, stampa a caldo, stampa digitale, stampa offset, stampa tipografica, stereotipia, timpano, torchio tipografico.

Franco Nidasio, Massimo Villa, Elementi di tecnologia grafica e internet: carta, carettere, composizioni, immagini, fotolito [...], Milano, Arti Poligrafiche, 2004, 5. ed., pp. 13-27, 31-34, 41, 51, 120-127, 221-225, 248, 252-263, 269-321, 347-353


Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Dario Moretti Il lavoro editoriale Laterza 2005 978-88-420-7625-4
Daniele Baroni Lessico del design editoriale Cartiere Burgo 2001

Examination Methods

The exam will take place in oral form and will assess knowledge of bibliography and materials uploaded on the e-learning platform. The exam will aim to evalute the depth and breadth of acquired knowledge, the property of language, the ability to connect such knowledge and the ability to exemplify techniques.


Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE