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Article #4816Re: PageMaker and rules of typography
From: Alex Lau
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1989 19:22
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 1989 19:22
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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.
I don't know if the "LaTeX" method is better, though. I like to have
control. What would be better is if layout programs could have some
AI "desktop design police" built in to say, "this design stinks" or
something of that nature and to suggest changes. But having a design
flowed automatically is not a good idea, IMHO.
I'll read up on Lamport's book. Maybe that can convince me otherwise.
--- Alex
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