Author_Institution :
Comput. Graphics Lab., New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM, USA
Abstract :
The author describes: (1) how desktop publishing requires documents to be designed; (2) how elements in documents communicate identity, unity, sequence, hierarchy, similarities and differences, and conventional meaning through visual characteristics like surrounding white space, size of font or element, value, placement, and orientation; (3) how information processing, graphic characteristics, and reading styles interact during reading to produce a visual hierarchy of document elements, and (4) how to use this information with desktop publishing to design efficient documents
Keywords :
desktop publishing; technical presentation; desktop publishing; differences; document elements; efficient documents; font; graphic characteristics; hierarchy; identity; information processing; reading styles; semiology; sequence; similarities; unity; visual characteristics; visual hierarchy; white space; Books; Desktop publishing; Educational institutions; Graphics; Information processing; Production; Professional communication; Typesetting; Visualization; White spaces;
