November 26th, 2008

final version in progress

At this point, the majority of the stylistic decisions are (finally) done. The last illustrations are being put in, along with the technical copy and captions.
In order to keep the content approachable, the body text will be the serious, true, and academically acceptable, and it will be accompanied and annotated by humorous and predominantly fictional captions and illustrations.
Some of the illustrations are still being tweaked to give them a bit more life.

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DesignForPrint_Monograph_v6_1 (pdf 520kb)

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  1. Isabelle says:

    Mark,

    This is soooo much better! The copy is humorous but clear, the illustrations are more lively.

    Overall:
    - watch the consistency of treatment for figure numbers (on p.3 they’re at different heights, on p.4 you stop putting the numbers beside the illustrations and only have a reference in the text, in later pages you have no reference to figures at all)
    - watch the consistency of text placement. On some pages the text is running from the bottom (making the rules appear in varying levels), on others it is running from the top (making the top rule placement even). Choose one and stick to it. Page 9 is the page which has the most lines of text so far so you might base your decision on how it works on that page.

    Details:

    - perhaps the running header could be a little smaller? It should also be used as an indicator of where we’re at in the book. Right now it’s clearly not in your Master pages (the folios don’t work).
    - p.5 atomic not atmoic
    - page 6 mojito is spelled this way and for its delicate, nutty aroma (not for it’s delicate . . .)
    - p.8 precarious (not percarious)
    - p.9 I would say (see page x) instead of (explained later)
    - p.9 the dotted lines that run between the two pages would benefit from being the same thickness as (or thinner than) either the dotted line cat or the rounded square line
    - watch line thickness variations on page 8 as well. If the atom lines were thicker the illustrations would feel more unified.

    It’s coming along nicely. Keep going.

    IS

    November 27th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

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