Like Roger, I'm a big fan of Robin Williams' books too, but this one is essential: The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst.
https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Version-Anniversary/dp/0881792128/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1485444163&sr=1-1&keywords=elements+of+typographic+style+by+robert+bringhurst There's deep information in here about designing for print and screen, why and how type works the way it does, etc. Some people say that design (read "prettiness") doesn't matter for technical documentation. I say (not the first one to say it) that design isn't what it looks like, design is how it works, and this book tells you how to design things that work well. Best, Patrick Patrick H. Edwards Production Editor and Web Administrator International Ocean Discovery Program JOIDES Resolution Science Operator Texas A&M University 1000 Discovery Drive College Station TX 77845-9547 979 845 1199 edwa...@iodp.tamu.edu >>> "Tammy Van Boening" <tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com> 1/26/2017 8:58 AM >>> All, I know that this list is for Framemaker-related questions, but that means we are all writers on this list, so I wanted to post a general writing style question to the multitudes of gurus that I can reach as a result. . . Since the cows have come home, I have always, and I mean always, used Times or another serif font for body text and san serif for headings and I know that this is considered the "norm" or "standard" for tech. docs. That said, this new client is also insistent on using sans serif fonts for both headings and text and it isn't pretty when you're trying to read this manual. Does anyone have any hard references/links to sites that you could point me to that stipulate why this is the norm/standard for writing manuals? Right now, my client considers everything that I offered as an explanation as simply anecdotal and not worthy of consideration. Yea, I am about to punt. . . . Thanks, TVB _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
