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Subject:Re: Rules in tables From:Kees de Bondt <cbon -at- PI -dot- NET> Date:Sun, 27 Jul 1997 23:04:27 -0000
> Recently I got a review back from my boss (who is not a TC professional)
> and he asked me to put horizontal & vertical rules in all my tables.
> I operate on the "minimum ink" principle (thank you Edward Tufte), and
> don't use rules unless the table has so many columns that I have to
I follow your practice in lay-outing tables.
I use to avoid vertical rules since the white spaces between columns will
give enough separation in most cases.
Horizontal rules I use to separate cells or to group items vertically
(reading rules).
I use a smaller (non-serif) font for tables than for usual text.
Shading or coloring are other techniques to separate columns, which I
sparing choose.
Greetings
Cees..
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