System for Computer Automated Typesetting ((SCAT) of Computer Authored Texts

摘要

This study describes SCAT, an automated typesetting system for inserting special graphic symbols in programmed instructional materials. SCAT contains both hardware and software components and is especially designed for use with the computer authored texts created by the AUTHOR system described in TAEG Report No. 58 (Braby, Parrish, Guitard, and Aagard, 1978). It uses the digital data output of the AUTHOR system as its input and delivers camera-ready masters ready for the printer as its output. In addition to the inherent aesthetic quality resulting from its use, typesetting provides for the best possible legibility of the final product, whether it be hard copy or in the micromedia. However, the most important factor is economics. When a large number of nonstandard characters or symbols are required, such as in a programmed instruction for symbol learning, typesetting can eliminate the massive labor intensive step of hand stripping the symbols. (Author)