Reviews the current state of printing software and printing hardware compatibility and capacity. Discusses the changing relationship between author and publisher resulting from the advent of desktop publishing. (LMO)

Argues that children may have difficulty in learning to read because the print in their books is designed to be looked at rather than read, or because theories about a need for uniformity and simplicity result in letter shapes that are hard to distinguish or to remember. (RS)

Considers influences on the design and production of books at the turn of the century, including the influences of symbolists and other European poets (e.g., Blake, Wilde, Verhaeren, Maeterlinck, Baudelaire, Mallarme, Huysmans, George, von Hofmannsthal, and Rilke); book designers, typographers, and printers; and the Art Nouveau school. (DMM)

Discusses how professional publishing software allows journalism education programs to accurately create the publishing environment students will encounter at small and medium-sized newspapers. Claims that the laser jet printer is the key ingredient that is turning the personal computer revolution into a newspaper publishing revolution, describing…

Discusses the benefits of using a word processor for composition in the areas of prewriting, revising, proofreading, and printing. (AEA)

Contains an overview of a sophisticated approach to print-shop instruction at Ferris State College with photographs of equipment and a line drawn floor plan of the printing laboratories. (GR)

Discusses diacritical marks that are symbols belonging to the official spelling of particular languages and pleads for better knowledge of diacritics especially in American referene works, style books and periodicals. Suggests an international standardization of diacritics or a common endeavor to eliminate them. (MB)

Use of carbonless papers offers unique graphic arts training opportunities for handicapped. (Editor)

The author describes the basic materials and processes needed for a student project in planographic and incised relief printing with plasticine, and gives some hints for adapting this project to different elementary grade levels. (SJL)

The author gives step-by-step procedures for a screen printing project that teaches color mixing to young children. (SJL)