Technology continues to radically change how we create and consume information. Today, news, reports, and other material are often delivered quickly through pictures, colors, or other eye-catching visual elements. Words still matter, but they may be tweeted, viewed on a smartphone, or placed in a call-out box in a report. The design of these items…

Examines the elements of a yearbook title page, offering suggestiions for thematic focus, type style and size, photography, and graphics. (HTH)

Describes the visual counterparts of 14 figures of speech and their usefulness to designers of illustrations, visual symbols, and hypermedia. (SR)

Introduces two systems that increase the information density of textual presentation by reconsidering text as pictures, expanding the range of written expression. Notes that these systems are implemented as computer programs, active filters that represent textual information graphically. (SR)

Graphics software can assist hearing-impaired students in visualizing and comparing ideas and can also demonstrate spatial relations and encourage creativity. Teachers and students can create and present data, diagrams, drawings, or charts quickly and accurately. (Author/CL)

Urges that high school yearbook staffs learn to use and experiment with graphics to make their books more interesting and individual. (TJ)

Demonstrates the value of a knowledge of linguistics and theories of human language to technical authors in terms of the communication model, grammar, rhetorical patterns, some linguistic features of technical English, semantics, and visual and graphic representation. (SC)

An Illinois high school provided an innovative, low-cost solution to decorating the hallways of the school. It set up a committee of students and staff who decided on designs, then used supervised students to do mural paintings in the halls. (MD)

Discusses trends in the graphic design and layout of newspapers and provides suggestions for determining overall format and for designing front and editorial pages. (HTH)

Discusses the problem of using graphics in international documents, since graphics are not universal unless expressly designed as such. Discusses how to plan international graphics, pitfalls to avoid, wordless instructions, and text. Offers a checklist for cultural and national differences. (SR)

Discusses how to use information graphics successfully. Describes how to conduct a survey and transform the results into an information graphic. (MM)

Explains good graphic design and gives examples using the student literary magazine "Runes." (CRH)

It is suggested that coming up with fresh and interesting ideas for college and university publications requires keeping an open mind to events, people, and surroundings, finding good writers, and planning interesting layouts with illustrations. (MSE)

It is important for alumni associations to project a consistent image. This can be accomplished in part by adopting a logo, either similar to or different from the institution's, or by instituting a visual identity program that conveys the association's personality and suits its marketing purposes. (MSE)

Presents an overview of the shift from handwritten to typewritten to laser-printed text, examining three areas central to this development: the development of visual rhetoric, the rediscovery of aesthetics, and the use of empirical research. (NH)