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Typography and Page Layout: Classification of Type 
The number of type faces in use today runs into the thousands and as such presents difficulty in selecting the appropriate design for a particular job. Because there are so many type designs to choose from, it is easier to first choose a general type style or classification to suit your graphic design, and then, look for a particular type face that relates to that classification.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Typography
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Typography and Page Layout: Copy Preparation
Copy preparation is a skilled job which, if done properly, assists the smooth flow of work through later stages of the production cycle. All personnel, especially those involved in the composition areas, have seen the results of ineffective copy preparation.
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Typography and Page Layout: Layouts for Desktop Publishing and Printing
A printed product or job must be well planned. The combination of ideas used in planning and designing the product is called a layout. It can be defined as the arrangement of all the units or elements into a printed, usable format. These units or elements include the heading, sub-heading, text matter, illustrations, and photographs. The preparation of a complete set of layouts will require: thumbnail sketches, rough layout, and a comprehensive layout. A definite plan, predetermined, is very necessary.
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Typography and Page Layout: Margins
Margins are the imaginary vertical demarcations for text or tabular columns. Overall or primary margins are established by the line length function or the cumulative total of secondary margins (tab or text columns). Establishing margins requires careful consideration. The amount of white space surrounding printed material effects both appearance and the readability of the page. Plenty of marginal space indicates luxury or formality; small margins indicate commercialism.
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Typography and Page Layout: Principles of Design
Principles of design should always be incorporated in any graphic design project to assist its communicating and graphic interest, however in the planning of a basic design, the designer must produce a job to suit the class of work, the copy, and the tastes of the customer.
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Typography and Page Layout: Proofreading
Proofreading involves a critical comparison of the author's copy and the typesetter's proof to be sure that the live copy (the typeset proof) matches the dead copy (the author's copy) word for word, and letter for letter.
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Typography and Page Layout: The Printers' Point System
In the year 1898 the English typefounders, as a body, adopted a system (which had been in use in America since 1878) of casting their types to a certain fixed standard. That standard was the American pica, 83 of which equalled 35 centimetres. The pica, which measured 4.21mm, was divided into 12 equal parts called 'points', which makes the size of a point approximately 0.35 mm.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Typography>History
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Typography and Page Layout: Type Faces
To identify type or recognise a wrong font, you must know what the variables are, because differences amongst the thousands of type faces available today can be minute. Since an untrained eye cannot distinguish even gross differences, you should become familiar with the fundamental features of type.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Typography
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Typography and Page Layout: Typesetting
Typing or setting text lines to the same length so that they line up on the left and the right is known as 'justification.' The information that you are now reading has been typeset using this method. The practice originated with Mediaeval scribes who ruled margins and text lines so as to speed writing and fit as many characters on a line as possible.
Magnik, John. Typography First. Design>Document Design>Typography
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Typography and Page Layout: Typesetting Terminology
A glossary of typographers' terms.
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