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From: howeird@hpwrce.HP.COM (Howard Stateman)
Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop
Subject: Re: PageMaker (was Re: Typography--Was Re: ventura)
Message-ID: <7650009@hpwrce.HP.COM>
Date: 8 Jun 89 22:07:58 GMT
References: <30-May-89.095707@192.41.214.2>
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chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
>It's pretty easy to get the first 50% and be able
>to lay out a book or a technical report that isn't ugly (these are, by the
>way, the easy parts of graphic design). There's a big difference between
>laying out a 50 page technical report and laying out a magazine, or an
>advertisement, or any of the complicated projects. There is a big difference
>between a publication who's design purpose is to not be so ugly people
>notice it and a publication that is designed to attract and focus attention.

When I was doing it for a living, it wasn't the design which got harder
when the publication became more complex, it was the coordination of the
facilities/staff/schedules which took more care. Just like an engineering
project :-).

In fact, the more I think about it, the more it seems to me that the bigger
the book, the easier it was to design. You get your format standardized,
and from then on it's pretty much plug-and-go.

My confidence in circuit design is not at the point where I could
say whether a big design gets easier as it gets bigger or not. I've
mostly done interfaces, where you figure out a basic layout, and
plug stuff in, then tweak till it's as close to perfect as you can get
for the price. Any comments from you circuit designers out there?

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