The PC is not a typewriter A style manual for creating professional-level type on your personal computer

• Main Author: Williams, Robin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, Calif Peachpit Press 1992
• Subjects: Typewriting > Style manuals
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Ever wonder why some type looks more professional, more sophisticated than other type? The answer lies in the techniques and rules developed for professional typesetting. Not surprisingly, those methods are far different than the training given in Typing 1A. This book not only lays down the principl...

Table of Contents:

• Read me first
• One space between sentences
• Quotation marks
• Apostrophes
• Dashes
• Special characters
• Accent marks
• Underlining
• Capitals
• Kerning
• Tabs and indents
• Widows and orphans
• Hyphenations and line breaks
• Leading, or linespace
• Justified text
• Hanging the punctuation
• Serif and sans serif fonts
• Combining typefaces
• Miscellaneous
• Quiz
• Appendices
• Guidelines