Question: What are the rules of desktop publishing?
While there are no hard and fast rules, there are guidelines, best practices, and tried and true methods of arranging a page and doing desktop publishing that result in attractive pages that effectively communicate the intended message.
Answer: Below, you'll find my personal selection of 12 Rules of Desktop Publishing:
- Use Only One Space After Punctuation
- Don't Use Double-Hard Returns After Paragraphs
- Use Fewer Fonts
- Use Ragged-Right or Fully Justified Text Appropriately
- Use Centered Text Sparingly
- Balance Line Length with Type Size
- Use All Caps with the Right Fonts
- Use Proper Typographical Punctuation
- Use Frames, Boxes, Borders with a Purpose
- Use Less Clip Art
- Use More White Space
- Reset Software Document Defaults
