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    This document provides guidelines for effective typography and layout in business documents. It recommends using serif fonts for the main text and conservative use of bolding and italics. Font size should be appropriate for the intended audience and occasion. Layout should incorporate generous white space through margins and column divisions, and establish a clear hierarchy with headings and subheadings. The overall design should avoid unnecessary complexity or distractions.

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    This document provides guidelines for effective typography and layout in business documents. It recommends using serif fonts for the main text and conservative use of bolding and italics. Font size should be appropriate for the intended audience and occasion. Layout should incorporate generous white space through margins and column divisions, and establish a clear hierarchy with headings and subheadings. The overall design should avoid unnecessary complexity or distractions.

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    Patsy Miranda Cortez
    This document provides guidelines for effective typography and layout in business documents. It recommends using serif fonts for the main text and conservative use of bolding and italics. Font size should be appropriate for the intended audience and occasion. Layout should incorporate generous white space through margins and column divisions, and establish a clear hierarchy with headings and subheadings. The overall design should avoid unnecessary complexity or distractions.

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    Dressing

    Documents for
    Success
    Patsy A. Miranda Cortez
    TYPOGRAPHY
    Size and typestyle

    LAYOUT
    Arrangements of the words
    1 DO NOT USE TOO MANY TYPESTYLES IN A
    DOCUMENT.
    Just for special cases

    2
    RELY ON SERIF FONTS FOR THE TEXTS OF
    DOCUMENTS.
    Traditional and easy to read

    Typography
    3
    BE CONSERVATIVE WITH OPTIONS SUCH AS
    BOLDFACE OR ITALICS.
    Bold = overwhelm, italics =hart to read, underline = x
    GUIDELINES

    4
    USE A SIZE THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE
    OCCASION.

    5 AVOID TYPOGRAPHY THAT ADDS NEEDLESS


    COMPLEXITY
    Abbrevitions, ALL CAPITAL LETTERS
    Layout
    GENERAL SUGGESTIONS

    1 2 3
    Consider subject matter Be generous with white Hierarchy for the headings
    and audience space and subheadings
    Several topics: multiple columns margins, column divisions, Combination of white space and
    or one column for one. headings, and illustrations typography
    One column

    White space

    Different typography
    Reference
    Chapter 16
    Thank you

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