Document & stationary design

Hellbox
8.Aug.2007 12.33pm
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Hi,
Can anybody recommend a decent book on the subject of stationary and document typography? I know document is a very vague and general term, so I shall explain. I am a middlewieght typographic designer working on a corporate identity design project - I normally stick to books -, and I would like to find a fairly comprehyensive guide to setting stationary items, such as compliment slips and letters. Can anyone help?

Also, does anyone, including the man himself, know how Nick Shinn uses Em dashes in his forum entries - maybe it’s obvious, I don’t know? I guess I’ll have to stick to hyphens for know - yuck!



Hellbox
8.Aug.2007 12.35pm
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Sorry about the awful spelling mistakes.


Ricardo Cordoba
8.Aug.2007 2.32pm
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Also, does anyone, including the man himself, know how Nick Shinn uses Em dashes in his forum entries - maybe it’s obvious, I don’t know?

Hellbox, just type a double hyphen and it will magically turn into an em dash — go ahead, try it! :-)


aluminum
8.Aug.2007 2.38pm
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FYI, there is an EDIT link at the bottom of your post.


Hellbox
8.Aug.2007 2.58pm
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Ok, thanks — on both counts.