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Notes on typographic decisions

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September 16, 2013
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Notes on typographic decisions

Six slides for an introduction to a panel at the W3C Open Web Platform workshop in PAris

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September 16, 2013

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  1. Notes on typographic decisions Gerry Leonidas University of Reading @gerryleonidas

    Monday, 16 September 13

  2. Start with complex typography Monday, 16 September 13

  3. For typographers, semantic and pragmatic dimensions are integrated. > Decisions

    on sequence, grouping, continuity > Levels: document, article, paragraph, line [hierarchy!] Monday, 16 September 13

  4. But the authoring environments determine options for makers. These move

    closer to the first content maker, and away from fixed ideas of rendering. Monday, 16 September 13

  5. Biased authoring environments Monday, 16 September 13

  6. We are working on models for structural + semantic markup

    at the time of authoring. content content content content content Monday, 16 September 13

  7. Easy environments with deep specification potential Monday, 16 September 13