Typography for Laywers

I just ran across a really interesting site:  Typography for Lawyers thanks to the mysterious Mister Thorne via his Twitter account @LyricalReckoner.

Typography may seem like a small or obscure thing, but it really is not.  Watch the movie Helvetica and you will get a whole new appreciation for how powerful, if subliminal, a message is contained typographical choices.

In brief writing, we were in the past limited by the technology - typewriters.  With computers, however, we have almost all the choices a professional publisher used to have.  What  Typography for Lawyers does is give you a solid foundation of basic typography with and emphasis to how you, as a lawyer, can best use it to get your message across.  Typography will not win your case for you, but its proper use graphically subtlety supports your competence; poor or sloppy use of typography is a clanging bell of incompetence.

I highly recommend this site.  It practices what it preaches - it's layout is beautiful, easy to navigate and read.  It does a great job getting a non-technical beginner up to speed and you will quickly find yourself taking in the more advanced information there.  Check out Typography for Lawyers.

- Peter H. Berge

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