User Guide

depth study of any particular area, this book is a very good
first place to start for beginning desktop publishers.
Collier’s Rules for Desktop Design and Typography
by David Collier [New York: Addison-Wesley, 1992, 135 pp,
illus.] David Collier of DeCode Design is a Young Turk of
the British graphic design field, who has produced, an
interesting, useful, graphically dazzling and extremely self-
absorbed reference for Macintosh typography. This
affordable paperback is chock-full of the latest on Mac-
based typography, page-layout, design conventions and the
like. While it has a distinctly British flavor, and goes
overboard in its layout and graphic examples, Collier’s Rules
is not a bad way for a budding typographer to absorb some
of the basic principles and arcana of computer-based
typography.
The Mac is not a typewriter by Robin Williams
[Berkeley, California: Peachpit Press, 1993, 72 pp.] A slim,
elegant guide to typesetting on the Mac. Quick and easy
chapters cover the ‘top twenty’ tips for effective Mac-
based typographic design. Friendly in tone and easily
accessible, most of the included information will be known
by experiences designers but provide a very good primer for
the novice.
Fontographer: Type by Design by Stephen Moye [MIS:
Press a subsidiary of Henry Holt and Company, Inc, 1995.
275 pp]. The first and only third-party manual on using
Macromedia Fontographer.
Learning PostScript: A Visual Approach by Ross Smith
[Berkeley, California: Peachpit Press, 1993, 350 pp.] For
those who are interested in manipulating PostScript directly,
this hefty but accessible guide provides the best introduction
to the industry-standard page description language. Clear
and comprehensive, it alternates PostScript concepts and
demonstration programs with full-page examples of
printouts. Topics include drawing lines, arcs and curves,
repeat loops and special effects.
Macintosh desktop typography by John Baxter
[Sunnyvale, CA, U.S.A.: Baxter Group, 1986 ill.]. One of
the first books of this genre. A well done introduction to
typography on the Macintosh, including useful suggestions
about dealing with Postscript typefaces. Not as up to date
Fontographer User's Manual
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