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From: graham@cs.washington.edu (Stephen Graham)
Subject: Colophons
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Reply-To: graham@cs.washington.edu (Stephen Graham)
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 91 15:47:58 GMT

Last night I was browsing through Roger Black's new book on DTP,
and I noticed something: no colophon. Nowhere in the book do
Black specify the type used in the book, or how it was designed.
While colophons are the exception these days, it would be good
for such design books to include them. If I like how the book
looks and feels, I'm interested in what types were used, how
they were set, etc. (Conversely, if I hate the appearance of the
book, I check to make certain what not to use. For instance,
_Words into Type_ has made certain that I'll never use Optima
and Futura bold together.)

A minor whine.
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Steve Graham
graham@isis.ee.washington.edu
(206) 543-8115