The Mac is not a Typewriter

Robin Williams

88 pages, parution le 12/05/2003 (2^eme édition)

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Résumé

A Style manual for creating professional-level type on your Macintosh

For more than a decade, The Mac is not a typewriter has been one of the most popular Macintosh books. In this revised edition, Robin Williams demonstrates how simple, yet indispensable typographic principles can make your documents look professional and sophisticated. Using easy-to-follow examples, Robin explains the logic behind each principle and provides guidelines for applying them to your documents.

You'll learn why and how to use:

One space between sentences
True quotation marks and apostrophes
Hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes
Fonts for legibility and readability
and much more

This book is an essential desk reference that beginners can easily follow and that pros will turn to again and again.

Contents

Read me First
One Space Between Sentences
Quotation Marks
Apostrophes
Dashes
Special Characters
Accent Marks
Underlining
Capitals
Kerning
Tabs & Indents
Widows & Orphans
Hyphenations & Line Breaks
Leading, or Linespace
Paragraph Spacing
Justified Text
Hanging the Punctuation
Serif and Sans Serif Fonts
Combining Typefaces
Numerals in Odd Places
Miscellaneous
On the Web
Quiz
Appendices
Index

L'auteur - Robin Williams

Robin Williams is the author of dozens of best-selling and award-winning books about the Macintosh, including the groundbreaking The Little Mac Book and Robin Williams Mac OS X Book. She is an icon in the Mac community. Through her writing, teaching, and seminars, Robin has educated and influenced an entire generation of computer users in the areas of design, typography, desktop publishing, the Mac, and the Web.

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Peachpit Press
Auteur(s)	Robin Williams
Parution	12/05/2003
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	88
Format	17,7 x 25,3
Couverture	Broché
Poids	166g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780201782639
ISBN13	978-0-201-78263-9