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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1. Notes on typographic
   decisions
   Gerry Leonidas
   University of Reading
   @gerryleonidas
   Monday, 16 September 13
   

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2. Start with complex typography
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3. For typographers, semantic and
   pragmatic dimensions are
   integrated.
   > Decisions on sequence,
   grouping, continuity
   > Levels: document, article,
   paragraph, line
   [hierarchy!]
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4. But the authoring environments
   determine options for makers.
   These move closer to the first
   content maker, and away from
   fixed ideas of rendering.
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5. Biased authoring environments
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6. We are working on models for
   structural + semantic markup at
   the time of authoring.
   content
   content content
   content
   content
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7. Easy environments with deep
   specification potential
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