And then I read....

[Arlen P Walker <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM>]

Actually, I haven't finished it yet. ;{>}

The Elements of Typographic Style, Robert Bringhurst.

Good review for anyone who's been in the business for a while, and even so
you'll probably learn something along the way. Discusses all matters
typographical, and the echoes of Strunk and White are intentional. Covers
line
lengths, font selection, page layout and many other issues. Uses examples to
help make the points.

Typographic style "means typography that can walk familiar ground without
sliding into platitudes, typography that responds to new conditions with
innovative  solutions, and typography that does not vex the reader with its
own
originality in a self-conscious search for praise.

"Typography is to literature as musical performance is to composition: an
essential act of interpretation, full of endless opportunities for insight
or
obtuseness."

As we saw in the last go-round of the space/period issue here, it seems some
folks here make some pretty drastic value judgements based on where one
stands
on that, so I should also probably quote the following:

"In the nineteenth century, which was a dark and inflationary age in
typography
and type design, many compositors were encouraged to stuff extra space
between
sentences. Generations of twentieth-century typists were then taught to do
the
same, by hitting the spacebar twice after every period. Your typing as well
as
your typesetting will benefit from unlearning this quaint Victorian habit."

Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224

Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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