[OS X TeX] Re: Preparing A Textbook Using Mac/TeX

[William Adams]

On Oct 3, 2006, at 7:50 AM, Bruno Voisin wrote:

> From the original page for the book:
>
> <http://www.awprofessional.com/bookstore/product.asp? 
> isbn=0321193121&rl=1>
>
> there's a sample available at:
>
> <http://www.awprofessional.com/content/images/0321193121/ 
> samplechapter/lie_ch03.pdf>
>
> I think that's what Axel was speaking about, and in it I can't see  
> the widow etc. you were speaking of -- apart from the resolution of  
> the screenshots, which is bad indeed.

Well, low resolution and they don't seem to've turned on the  
interpolation key.

Okay, instead we have:

  - single word as last line of a paragraph
  - spreads don't cross-align (and yes, I did take into consideration  
the matter of the chapter beginning on a left and compared pgs. 56  
and 57 which face each other)
  - marginal notes are obnoxiously large and confusable w/ text
  - some pretty bad hyphenations typogra-
phy or breaking a unit away from its value, e.g., 10
points or hyphenating the last word of a paragraph, Chap-
ter 5.
  - two word stack, ``...testing
                      ...testing''

Not quite as egregious as the sample in question, but still not what  
I'd term ``excellent''

William


-- 
William Adams
senior graphic designer
Fry Communications



This email message and any files transmitted with it contain information
which is confidential and intended only for the addressee(s). If you are
not the intended recipient(s), any usage,  dissemination, disclosure, or
action taken in  reliance on it is prohibited.  The reliability of  this
method of communication cannot be guaranteed.  Email can be intercepted,
corrupted, delayed, incompletely transmitted, virus-laden,  or otherwise
affected during transmission. Reasonable steps have been taken to reduce
the risk of viruses, but we cannot accept liability for damage sustained
as a result of this message. If you have received this message in error,
please immediately delete it and all copies of it and notify the sender.
------------------------- Info --------------------------
Mac-TeX Website: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
          & FAQ: http://latex.yauh.de/faq/
TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
List Archive: http://tug.org/pipermail/macostex-archives/