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From:GINGER JONES <FFKB48A -at- PRODIGY -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 12 Dec 1995 21:41:17 EST
Lazarus Slater asked for:
>info on document design including: layout, fonts, color, use of
white space, page size, etc.
One of the best sources of information for this type of information
is William Horton's book--Illustrating Computer Documentation: The
Art of Presenting Information Graphically on Paper and Online. We
used it in a tech writing course on writing documentation. It is
filled with examples that demonstrate his points. It was 313 pages
and cost $32.95 several years ago. I love the book, and refer to it
often.
