BS 4940-3:1994
Current
The latest, up-to-date edition.
Hardcopy , PDF
English
15-01-1994
Committees responsible
Foreword
1. Scope
2. Informative references
3. Principles of presentation
3.1 Aims
3.2 Arrangement
3.3 Visual hierarchy
3.4 Corporate image
3.5 Style and aesthetic appeal
4. Format and binding
4.1 Format
4.2 Bindings
4.3 Subdivision of a document
4.4 Paper and card
5. Page layout
5.1 Principles
5.2 Layout
5.3 Front and back covers
5.4 Fold-out sheets
5.5 Reproduction
6. Illustrations and colour
6.1 General
6.2 Illustrations
6.3 Colour
7. Typography
7.1 General
7.2 Basic principles
7.3 Legibility
8. Printing, storage, distribution and updating
8.1 General
8.2 Typesetting and proof reading
8.3 Distribution and storage
8.4 Updating
List of references
Index
Table
1. Example of binding methods
Figures
2. Example of technical information based on the use of
standard headings and a standard arrangement of
information
2. Examples of technical information in which there is
a presentational hierarchy
3. Storage of standard format documents (showing the
advantage of the A4 portrait format)
4. Sheets and folded sheets
5. Documents in a filing box
6. Boxed set of documents
7. Ring binders, ring types and spacing of punch holes
8. Examples of identification of dividers
9. Methods of incorporating loose sheets in a
publication
10. Examples of page grids and their application
11. Examples of justified and unjustified text
12. Page plan for a 12 page saddle-stitched (stapled)
publication
13. Examples of front and back covers
14. Fold-out landscape A4 sheet and fold-out reference
page
15. Examples of running heads
16. Examples of different types of illustration
17. Examples of the use of colour in illustrations
18. Examples of typography
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