Design philosophy: all information in this web site should be accessible to the intended audience regardless of platform, browser, or size of screen. Graphics are kept to a minimum to reduce download times. If you see a frame or an animated GIF, feel free to flame me mercilessly.

This site uses fully compliant cascading style sheets (CSS). Older browsers should display text in their default fonts, while more recent browsers will all display fully formatted text. (However, the styles sheets will look best viewed in Internet Explorer 4.0 or above.) The site also complies with major accessibility standards.

Colophon

The base font for this page is Trebuchet MS, a free font from Microsoft designed for on-screen readability at small point sizes. The headlines are 32 pt Times bold italic, combining elegance, classical proportions, and compactness.

The logo is variation on the original logo from Aldus PageMaker and depicts Aldus Manutius, a student of Johannes Gutenberg and inventor of italics. This is to echo the roots of desktop publishing, both in the 1450s and the 1980s. The logo uses Courier from ITC to evoke the feel of metal type and Poetica from Adobe Systems to evoke the era of hand lettering.

Made on a Macintosh using Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia DreamWeaver.

PageMaker Templates

"Good artists borrow, great artists steal." --Igor Stravinsky

Why re-invent the wheel? Instead of spending hours planning your project and setting up the document, download one of these templates and customize it for your needs. (Submit templates to Peter C.S. Adams)

A Template for ZIP Disk labels

A Greeting Card template by D.M. Henderson <dmhender@uiuc.edu>

A very simple 2-up Business card template

PrePage is a nice product. You'll find my review in my December, 1999 essay. There are also a number of books you might like, including Adobe PageMaker 6.5 Plus Productivity Kit, Desktop Publishing & Design for Dummies, or The Desktop Publisher's Idea Book. Note that only the first title comes with a CD-ROM.

For templates, try about.com's desktop publishing section. They have all kinds of resources acailable, although it is generally of low quality for DTP work.

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