Thanks Steve:
I was thinking of the mechanistic aspects but thanks for broadening my
horizon!
Greg Thompson
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From: Steve Rickaby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Greg Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Looking for books on Frame template design
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:39:04 +0000
>At 20:21 -0800 28/1/07, Greg Thompson wrote:
>
> > I have decided to take the plunge into learning template design using
Frame.
> > Any suggestions on books/tutorials to get out of the land advanced
> > intermediate/user I have been stuck in for sometime? :)
>
>It rather depends on what you mean by 'template design'. This has [very
broadly] two aspects:
>
>. The mechanistic material to do with using FrameMaker to create page and
book designs
>
>. The artistic side of good typographical design
>
>For the former, I know of no more comprehensive book than 'FrameMaker 7,
the Complete Reference', by Sarah O'Keefe and Sheila Loring. This has now
been republished as 'Publishing Fundamentals: FrameMaker 7':
>
><http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bringhurst/dp/08
81792063/sr=1-1/qid=1170077923/ref=sr_1_1/104-8255701-7763916?ie=UTF8&s=bo
oks>
>
>For the artistic bit, there are probably zillions of books on good
typographical design. I do not own it, as it was out of print when I
wanted it, but 'Elements of Typographic Style' by Robert Bringhurst is
highly spoken of:
>
><http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0881792055/qid=1138270535/sr=8-
1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/026-0443455-9144419>
>
>To paraphrase Artur Schnabel: 'The text I handle no better than many
typesetters. But the spaces between the text - ah, that is where the art
resides.' ;-)
>
>--
>Steve
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