Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.3ED3835C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:41:48 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil t t nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.3ED3835C" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Lists Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1991 19:26:56 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Sender: To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 300 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.3ED3835C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sebastian asks whether I can find an ISO standard for vertical space between items in an enumerated list. I doubt whether there is such an ISO standard (although we don't have = the standards here for me to browse through). My impression is that ISO = might pronounce on document-structure and on things like SGML, but that they are unlikely to pronounce on details of typographic design and "house style". I haven't been able to find any particular views = expressed about lists in books on typographic design, either (except for Jan White = - see below). We do have British Standards for browsing. Those for theses, manuals and reports (4821, 4884 and 4811) don't express any views on lists (although they do seem to generally like arabic numbering). Jan White devotes pages 88-92 of "Graphic Design for the Electronic Age" to lists. As a non-guru, I wouldn't lay lists out like Jan White (not in a book that has non-indented paragraphs, anyway), since it leaves the reader unclear about where paragraphs end. In documents that have non-indented paragraphs, I wouldn't put extra space between list items (because I'd want the reader to be able to distinguish between "list within paragraph" and "list at end of paragraph", and = hence to be able to distinguish one paragraph from the next). But then Jan = White is a guru and I'm not. Martin Bryan devotes pages 328-333 of "SGML: an author's guide" to how a particular "sample DTD" treats lists, but this doesn't answer = Sebastian's query either. (This particular DTD allows the author to over-ride "house style" by specifying the numbering sequence to be used. I was surprised to see such emphasis given to a feature that over-rides "house style", since I thought that SGML was intended to help deliver documents that conform to a "house style".) David Rhead (JANET: d.rhead@uk.ac.nottingham.ccc.vme) ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.3ED3835C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lists

Sebastian asks whether I can find an ISO standard for = vertical space
between items in an enumerated list.

I doubt whether there is such an ISO standard = (although we don't have the
standards here for me to browse through).  My = impression is that ISO might
pronounce on document-structure and on things like = SGML, but that
they are unlikely to pronounce on details of = typographic design and
"house style".  I haven't been able to = find any particular views expressed
about lists in books on typographic design, either = (except for Jan White -
see below).

We do have British Standards for browsing.  Those = for theses, manuals
and reports (4821, 4884 and 4811) don't express any = views on lists
(although they do seem to generally like arabic = numbering).

Jan White devotes pages 88-92 of "Graphic Design = for the Electronic Age"
to lists.  As a non-guru, I wouldn't lay lists = out like Jan White
(not in a book that has non-indented paragraphs, = anyway), since it
leaves the reader unclear about where paragraphs = end.  In documents
that have non-indented paragraphs, I wouldn't put = extra space between
list items (because I'd want the reader to be able to = distinguish
between "list within paragraph" and = "list at end of paragraph", and hence
to be able to distinguish one paragraph from the = next).  But then Jan White
is a guru and I'm not.

Martin Bryan devotes pages 328-333 of "SGML: an = author's guide" to how a
particular "sample DTD" treats lists, but = this doesn't answer Sebastian's
query either.  (This particular DTD allows the = author to over-ride
"house style" by specifying the numbering = sequence to be used.  I was
surprised to see such emphasis given to a feature = that over-rides
"house style", since I thought that SGML = was intended to help deliver
documents that conform to a "house = style".)

David Rhead
(JANET: d.rhead@uk.ac.nottingham.ccc.vme)


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