Type faces a new world order
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The Sep 1991 annual meeting of the 34-year-old Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI) in Parma, Italy, addressed many of the issues facing the organization in a world where computers are enabling millions of people to set type. The 250-member organization has historically been concerned with the protection of typefaces, but rapidly growing expenditures on type, the challenge to the traditional type field by new type technologies and new US and European type firms prompted the ATypI meeting to review the organization's mandate and constitution. Several US companies said that ATypI should be educating the market about type, but the same firms were not clear about how much they would pay for the ATypI to provide such market development activities. Other members want more of a professional and social organization with a limited, parochial interest. If ATypI is to survive as a viable, active organization promoting the interests of the type industry, it will need sufficient corporate underwriting.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1991
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Fine-tuning type
Article Abstract:
Page layout can be successfully fine tuned when adjustments are made by hand. Even when a program's hyphenation and justification controls are used the results may not be taken for granted. Loose and tight lines can occur frequently because many layout routines have difficulty maintaining consistent spacing. Inconsistent type spacing can confuse the reader and disrupts the overall color of the page. Skewed margins, deep indents, text wrapping around a graphic and inadequate hyphenation can cause spacing problems because they tend to shorten the text lines. Loose and tight lines can be remedied in several ways by hand: use a discretionary hyphen to re-break a problem line, make tracking changes that cause the line to re-break at another spot, or change the text by substituting a word. Proofreading is necessary after the program has composed the document to make sure all the words maintain their intended meaning.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1992
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