One of the most popular Macintosh books ever written, The Mac is not a typewriter has been called the "Strunk
and White of typography." Best-selling author Robin Williams's simple, logical principles for using type to
produce beautiful, professional documents are as true now as they were when the original edition was published
in 1989. This updated edition includes new examples and expanded information dedicated to the practical advice
that made the first edition an enduring bestseller. Throughout, Robin shows you the small details that separate
the pros from the amateurs: typographer versus typewriter quotation marks, en and em dashes, tabs and indents,
kerning, leading, white space, widows and orphans, and hanging punctuation. If you prepare documents, you'll find
The Mac is not a typewriter, Second Edition an indispensable guide. And those who read your documents will recognize
the work of a pro, even if they don't know a curly quote from curly fries.
Table of Contents
Preface. 1. One Space Between Sentences. 2. Quotation Marks. 3. Apostrophes. 4. Dashes. 5. Special Characters. 6. Accent Marks. 7. Underlining. 8. Capitals. 9. Kerning. 10. Fonts. 11. Tabs & Indents. 12. Widows & Orphans. 13. Hyphenations & Line Breaks. 14. Leading, or Linespace. 15. Justified Text. 16. Hanging the Punctuation. 17. Serif and Sans Serif Fonts. 18. Combining Typefaces. 19. Miscellaneous. 20. Quiz. Appendix A: Compendium of Rules: A Checklist. Appendix B: List of Most Commonly-Used Special Characters and Accent Marks.