Comments on: Robert Bringhurst’s The Elements of Typographic Style http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-03/650 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 20:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alexander Kiel http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-03/650#comment-11975 Alexander Kiel Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:35:43 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-03/650#comment-11975 Thanks for this article Jeffrey. I always enjoyed typography too. Did you write your book using LaTex? I did not held it in my hands, but I'm sure I would like it (not only for the typo part :-) I have a Perl Cookbook and a Introduction into Perl from O'Reilly here, but I did not use Perl for some years. Are you aware of <a href="http://www.webtypography.net/toc/" rel="nofollow">The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web</a>? I'm currently reading it. I think it gets the most things right and has nice CSS examples. Thanks for this article Jeffrey.

I always enjoyed typography too. Did you write your book using LaTex? I did not held it in my hands, but I’m sure I would like it (not only for the typo part :-) I have a Perl Cookbook and a Introduction into Perl from O’Reilly here, but I did not use Perl for some years.

Are you aware of The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web? I’m currently reading it. I think it gets the most things right and has nice CSS examples.

]]> By: William http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-03/650#comment-11925 William Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:42:28 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-03/650#comment-11925 This article doesn't come as much of a surprise since I learned about this stuff through you when I did the first reviews of the first edition of MRE. For that understanding of typography (which lead me to other things), my mind is greatly enriched. Thanks. :-) This article doesn’t come as much of a surprise since I learned about this stuff through you when I did the first reviews of the first edition of MRE. For that understanding of typography (which lead me to other things), my mind is greatly enriched. Thanks. :-)

]]> By: Zak http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-03/650#comment-11905 Zak Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:50:08 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-03/650#comment-11905 First of all, he is a "poet," not a "post," unless you consider it axiomatic that all poets are dumb as posts. <span class='jfriedl'>Thanks, typo fixed. A few others made the same comment (and same joke!) privately. —Jeffrey</span> This is only tangentially related to typography, but as I become more and more grouchy in my old age, I'm less willing to read cheap paperback books printed on brownish, rough paper with thick blocky fonts that are hard to read. And, unfortunately, lots of English language books available in Japan are these editions. Penguin is the worst publisher in this regard: the fonts are ugly, the paper is coarse, the spines fall apart, and the pages yellow before you bring it home. I will make an exception for a book I really want to read, but more and more often these days I open a book in the bookstore, look at the awful paper and printing, and put it back regardless of content. First of all, he is a “poet,” not a “post,” unless you consider it axiomatic that all poets are dumb as posts.

Thanks, typo fixed. A few others made the same comment (and same joke!) privately. —Jeffrey

This is only tangentially related to typography, but as I become more and more grouchy in my old age, I’m less willing to read cheap paperback books printed on brownish, rough paper with thick blocky fonts that are hard to read. And, unfortunately, lots of English language books available in Japan are these editions. Penguin is the worst publisher in this regard: the fonts are ugly, the paper is coarse, the spines fall apart, and the pages yellow before you bring it home.

I will make an exception for a book I really want to read, but more and more often these days I open a book in the bookstore, look at the awful paper and printing, and put it back regardless of content.

]]> By: Michael http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-03/650#comment-11900 Michael Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:39:09 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-03/650#comment-11900 I do agree, Mastering Regular Expressions is beautifully typeset. I didn't realize that you did most of it yourself. <span class='jfriedl'>Thanks. Other than the figures, which, gratefully, the pros at O'Reilly did, I positioned every atom of ink between the title page and the colophon (but not the title page nor the colophon). —Jeffrey</span> I do agree, Mastering Regular Expressions is beautifully typeset. I didn’t realize that you did most of it yourself.

Thanks. Other than the figures, which, gratefully, the pros at O’Reilly did, I positioned every atom of ink between
the title page and the colophon (but not the title page nor the colophon). —Jeffrey

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