The Mac is Not a Typewriter Robin Williams
Publisher: Peachpit Press

What really struck me with this book cover was the choice to include so many different styles of text within design. It astounds me sometimes, the amount of push-back I get when I tell authors, “You know, we don't double-space after periods anymore.” They absolutely cannot believe it. The shot is noisy and blurry but I still like it. Thanks to artist-designer Theo Watson's Noisy Typer app, you can now stab away at your Mac keyboards and listen to the sweet, sweet sounds of a typewriter pour forth with every pompous key you strike. Nonetheless, Write 2 handles most everything you'd need out of a word processor with simplicity and ease without any of the bloat. Bonus: this will also probably annoy the hell out of everyone around you. It was a response to just the issues Stuart has outlined. This book not only lays down the principles governing traditional type, but explains the logic behind them. Robin Williams, an expert in the field of document design and the author of The Mac is not a Typewriter and the Non-Designer's series, spends a great amount of time trying to get this message out to writers and editors. The punctuation goes inside of quotes at the end of a sentence. The Mac is not lacking in word processing apps, and many aim to serve a specific niche. Sorry PC users, this is available Join 28,774 others who get our latest finds and inspiration delivered straight to their inbox. There was a wonderful book called "The Mac is Not a Typewriter", (this is a review: http://www.techsoc.com/macisnot.htm ), that first came out in 1991. I caught Robin Williams, author of the “The Mac Is Not A Typewriter” book series, in one of her two sessions. I discovered that design is something everybody can benefit from understanding, and Robin William's, “The Mac is not a Typewriter” forever changed my written communications. We will not share your email address with anybody for any reason. I went to close the door to my daughter's bedroom when I saw her desk and decided to take a photo. In the case the name itself and the accompanying video did not give it away, Noisy Typer for Mac simulates the sound of typewriter keys being pressed. For the definitive on this see Robin Williams' books, The PC Is Not A Typewriter and The Mac is Not A Typewriter.