User`s manual

Commercial sources, shareware, and freeware
You can obtain new fonts from a wide variety of commercial sources. You can also choose from a
huge array of public domain fonts. Some of these are freeware. You can use them with no
obligation to anyone. Others are shareware. There is no purchase price, but if you continue to
use a font, you’re honor-bound to pay the developer either a stipulated fee or a donation.
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Installation
For best results, all fonts you install should be designed for LaserWriter II compatibility. Most
such fonts come with specific installation instructions.
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Chapter 5: Designing With the LaserWriter II
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Designing With the LaserWriter II
With the LaserWriter II you can print high quality camera ready masters for publishing
projects such as letters, memos, presentations, reports, newsletters, and multipage documents
such as bro-chures or even books. This manual, for example, was produced using a
LaserWriter IInt. You can also develop accurate layouts and proofs of documents that will
eventually be typeset. You can take the work from rough concept to near final form with your
in-house desktop publishing system, going to an outside supplier only for the finished product.
This chapter introduces some basic guidelines for font selection and page organization, followed
by examples of documents created for a hypothetical company. The examples were developed
with a LaserWriter IInt and a Macintosh Plus, using a variety of page layout, word processing,
and spreadsheet applications. The illustrations featured in the examples are either images
produced with a scanner or original art developed with representative graphics applications.
The guidelines, examples, and accompanying notes should give you an idea of the kinds of
decisions you need to make to see a document from preliminary layout to final production. At the
end of the chapter you’ll find some suggestions for further reading.
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Font selection
With the built-in fonts of the LaserWriter II, you have a wide range of choices to make any
document look its best.
Pick a text font that’s easy to read.
Readability is probably the most important consideration in choosing a text font. In addition, the
font should look attractive and balanced even in lengthy passages, and it should be reasonably
compact.
Although some designers would choose a sans serif font, most would probably opt for a serif
design such as Times or ITC Bookman. Serifs enhance readability by guiding the reader along the
line. Also, many people find large quantities of sans serif type harsh on the eyes.