METHOD OF FORMATTING DOCUMENTS USING FLEXIBLE DESIGN MODELS PROVIDING CONTROLLED COPYFIT AND TYPEFACE SELECTION

摘要

A method for typographic design (53) of a printed document utilizing typographical parameters designed by an expert typogra- pher (51) is provided. A standard body of text is executed in a standard font and a selected format by an expert design typogra- pher (51) to provide maximized readability of the standard body of text and to determine a set of reference parameters (61) associated with that selected format (57). Utilizing the reference parameters (61) in a computer program, an unskilled user may then execute a desired body of text (614) in a desired font (610) in the selected for- mat (612) to produce a printed document having substantially equal readability: The program allows a reader (51) to switch between typefaces to produce printed documents having substantially equal (see formu la I) copyfit in different typefaces. The computer program provides a method of comparing typefaces to establish allowed pairs of type- faces for heading (616) and accent alternatives allowing a user (51) to customize design documents (53) with the parameter influencing text readability and copyfit automatically adjusted.