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If you have the resources, I'd invest in an OpenType font family, and use
them instead of standard Windows/Word fonts. Even better would be one
sans-serif family, and one serif family. Traditionally, sans-serif are used
for headings, and serif for body type, but that no longer seems to be a
hard-and-fast rule.
I can't find any specific online resources in my bookmarks, but I'd be
willing to bet Adobe's site will have a wealth of knowledge.
Hope this helps.
-=Ed.
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> Of Viv Crawford
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 11:32 AM
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> Subject: Page layout resources
>
>
> Hello
>
> We're looking at publishing a suite of marketing and pre-sales docs that
need
> to be as flash as anything the big multinationals we compete with can
produce.
>
>
>
> We've had front covers professionally designed, but the pages with actual
> content on still just look like Word docs. (Word docs with fancy, coloured
> headings, but Word docs all the same).
>
>
>
> As Word guru in residence it's fallen to me to stop the Word docs looking
like
> Word docs.
>
>
>
> Do you know of any resources for learning how to do page design *for
printed
> docs*? Or any tips? Or publicly available examples I can be inspired by?
I've
> tried Google but found only resources for designing websites.
>
>
>
> These docs will likely be distributed as PDF so my constraint would be
that
> I'd have to stay within the ballpark that would allow DIY printing.
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> V
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