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RE: Seeking something like "The Elements of Technical Illustration"
Subject:RE: Seeking something like "The Elements of Technical Illustration" From:"Nancy Kaminski" <nancy -dot- kaminski -at- spanlink -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 5 Nov 2003 10:18:39 -0600
> From: Susan Purcell [mailto:spurcell -at- cisco -dot- com]
> Does anyone know of --or even better, could anyone share with us
> a set of basic (practical) guidelines for how to create good technical
> illustrations (in Frame, for example)? We're a group of
> writers and editors in a software enginnering department. We work on
architecture
> descriptions, programmer's guides, API refs, tool guides, etc. We're
not
> artists by any stretch...
"Read Me First: A Style Guide for the Computer Industry" put out by Sun
Technical Publications has an excellent section on the basics of
creating illustrations. I've found it very helpful.
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Nancy E. Kaminski * Technical Writer
Spanlink Communications
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
nancy -dot- kaminski -at- spanlink -dot- com
Phone (763) 971-2311 * Fax (763) 971-2300
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