The PC is Not a Typewriter: A Style Manual for Creating Professional-level Type on Your Personal ComputerPC users can now learn Robin Williams' secrets for creating beautiful, professional-looking type. In less than 100 pages, this book explains both the principles and the logic behind the techniques developed for professional typesetting. Covers punctuation, leading, special characters, kerning, fonts, justification, and more. Includes special appendices on Windows, WordPerfect, Word, and Ventura. |
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Accent marks access alternate characters adjust Aldus PageMaker align Alt key amount of space ANSI Character Set ANSI set apostrophe Appendix auto leading block of text capital letters caps character number character you want characters Word closing double quote column Control Shift create Ctrl Shift cursor dash decimal tab em dash example Extended Character Set first-line indent headlines hit the Tab IBM Extended Character insert italic kerning key to toggle left indent marker left margin left-aligned tab line breaks linespace Num Lock numeric keypad personal computer Press Control programs punctuation quotation marks right margin right-aligned tab Robin Williams serif type set a tab software package special characters Subscript and superscript subscript or superscript Tab key Tabs and Indents trademark symbol type the character type the number typefaces typewriter Typically the marker underline Ventura Publisher white space William Shakespeare Windows 95 Windows applications word processor word wrap WordPerfect