Re: Now entering the 4th dimension

[Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Ask the readers. The style you should use is the one that makes it easiest for your customers to quickly understand the content. If the marketing people can show that using "3D" instead of "3-D" actually makes things better for the readers, go with it. 


--- On Wed, 12/31/08, Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM> wrote:

> From: Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>
> Subject: Re: Now entering the 4th dimension
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Date: Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 6:03 PM
> Chris Morton wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > We're following the *Chicago Manual of Style *in
> writing to the medical
> > community. That said, the marketing folks like
> "3D" (thinking it's more
> > "progressive"), whereas all of our
> engineering docs, SOPs, etc., use "3-D".
> > We also reference 2-D and 4-D.
> > 
> > My own take is that while 3D may be readily
> comprehended, a reader may
> > stumbleâif even for a momentâon 2D and 4D.
> > 
> > Your thoughts?
> >
> 
> My thought is that your marketing people shouldn't
> be setting editorial style, especially when it
> disagrees with the style guide you use for all of
> your docs. As an added note, our style guide calls
> for 2-D and 3-D.
> 
> -- Janice
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