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Re: document design: I don't know what I don't know
Subject:Re: document design: I don't know what I don't know From:Chris Morton <salt -dot- morton -at- gmail -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:53:08 -0700
You're completely missing the point regarding my response to the OP. This
topic—at least at a high level—needs to be a part of any such course
curriculum in order to get people *thinking* about it, at least. How many
PPT decks have we all been subjected to that have nary a design
consideration?
When I brought up the issue of bullet points, what I was really referring
to was what artists refer to as negative space. We know it as white space.
The notion is that, in any design, this is as important a consideration as
is any graphic, typeface choice, etc.
> Chris
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Dan Goldstein <DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com
> wrote:
> Given the vast range of content and readers, there's no universal rule
> for list bulleting, heading numbering, serif vs. san-serif fonts, etc.
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