Re: PageMaker and rules of typography

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From: Chuq Von Rospach
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1989 20:06

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>I somewhat agree. Having a slight background in page layout, I have
>seen some hideous pages produced by desktop publishing over the last
>couple of years. Case in point: if you've read Guy Kawasaki's _The_
>_Macintosh_Way_, you know what his resignation letter from Apple
>looks like. El-puke-o.

Guy's letter was *supposed* to look like el-puke-o. It's called an editorial
statement. It was hilarious in context, too.

I've seen some really gorgeous stuff come out of Pagemaker, too. Don't blame
the tool because the user has a lack of knowledge, experience or any sense
of design or good taste.


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Chuq Von Rospach <+> Editor,OtherRealms <+> Member SFWA/ASFA
chuq@apple.com <+> CI$: 73317,635 <+> [This is myself speaking. I am not Appl
Segmentation Fault. Core dumped.

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