Visual Language : The Development of Format and Page Design in English Renaissance Technical Writing The Development of Format and Page Design in English Renaissance Technical Writing

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Beteiligte: TEBEAUX, ELIZABETH
In: Journal of Business and Technical Communication, 5, 1991, 3, S. 246-274
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 246-274
ISSN: 1050-6519
1552-4574
DOI: 10.1177/1050651991005003002
veröffentlicht in: Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> Studies in the history of technical writing have only recently begun to study the development of technical writing. Pollard and Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue, 1475-1640 contains a number of English Renaissance technical books that reveal that Renaissance printers and authors were aware of the need for readability and visual access in technical reference and information books. An examination of these books shows evolving use of many contemporary page design techniques: partition, clearly worded headings, visual aids, enumeration and listing devices, and choice of font for emphasis. </jats:p>