School for M&M: March 2010

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

19. Lines or Images Representing Texture

18. Lines or Images Representing Boundaries or Divisions

17. Lines or Images Representing Motion

16. Exploded View, Cross Section, or Blow Up

13. Chart Junk or Unethical Graph

7. Framing with Lines or Boxes

5. Organizational Chart

http://www.fcc.gov/images/fccorg080309.pdf

4. Flow Chart or Process Diagram

There is a table at this Web address, but this blog site has the world's worst formatting options, so I can't copy and paste it. I am sick of dealing with this time-consuming issue, so from now on I am going to leave you nice, convenient links to my examples. Please click this link to see a table: http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t2522009.pdf. I daresay it's a good example, wrong format or not.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

2. Textual Citation or Reference to Table or Figure

In 2000, the national participation rate for the United States Census was a mere 73 percent (see Figure 3).

1. Caption

Radinger family photo

Fendall's opened an ice cream parlor on 700 East in 1957 but closed it in 1997. The company is still there, out back.

Monday, March 15, 2010

25. Pull Quote

24. Subscript, Superscript, Trademark, or Other Symbol

23. Bad Spacing between Words

22. Right Justification

21. Center Justification

20. Left Justification with Ragged Right Margin

19. Full Justification

18. Inappropriate Line Spacing (Leading)

17. Appropriate Line Spacing (Leading)

16. Kerning of Capital Letter

15. Colored Type

14. Reverse Type (White or Colored Text on Black)

13. Outline or Shadow Typeface

12. Small Caps

11. All Caps

FINANCIAL MYTHS—BUSTED! The current economic condition is nothing like it was for the grandparents of today’s working-class generation. . . .

10. Boldface Type

Financial Myths—Busted! The current economic condition is nothing like it was for the grandparents of today’s working-class generation. . . .

9. Italic Type

Financial Myths—Busted! The current economic condition is nothing like it was for the grandparents of today’s working-class generation. . . .

8. 14+ Point Typeface Used for Headings

Financial Myths—Busted! The current economic condition is nothing like it was for the grandparents of today’s working-class generation.

7. 12-14 Point Typeface Used for the Body of a Text

Financial Myths—Busted! The current economic condition is nothing like it was for the grandparents of today’s working-class generation. . . .

6. Novelty/Iconic Typeface

5. Script Typeface

4. Sans Serif Typeface

3. Serif Typeface

2. Ineffective Choice of Typography

1. Effective Choice of Typography

Friday, March 12, 2010

20. Frame Using Solid or Dotted Lines

19. Background/Watermark

18. Header or Footer

17. Tabs or Dividers

A 21-month-old girl was in serious condition Friday after nearly drowning in a backyard pond. About 11:30 a.m., a mother and father had just returned home, near 4100 South 1400 East, from grocery shopping, said Unified Fire Authority Capt. Clint Smith. They had their backs turned for about two or three minutes when they realized their daughter was missing. They determined she must have followed the family dog into the backyard through an open sliding glass door, Smith said. They found the toddler floating face up in a water feature. The pond was about 18 inches deep and 7 yards long, he said. The girl was in a semi-conscious state when she was found, and she was vomiting water. She was crying and moving when a medical helicopter came to take her to Primary Children's Medical Center, Smith said. "Overall, positive signs," he said.

16. Title and Section Head

Shakespeare Biography Shakespeare: Who was he? Though William Shakespeare is recognized as one of literature’s greatest influences, very little is actually known about him. What we do know about his life comes from registrar records, court records, wills, marriage certificates and his tombstone. Anecdotes and criticisms by his rivals also speak of the famous playwright and suggest that he was indeed a playwright, poet and an actor. Date of Birth William was born in 1564. We know this from the earliest record we have of his life; his baptism which happened on Wednesday, April the 26th, 1564. We don’t actually know his birthday but from this record we assume he was born in 1564. Similarly by knowing the famous Bard's baptism date, we can guess that he was born three days earlier on St. George’s day, though we have no conclusive proof of this.