{"id":2096,"date":"2008-11-18T21:56:52","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T02:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/?p=2096"},"modified":"2008-11-18T22:37:36","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T03:37:36","slug":"document-design-for-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/2008\/11\/document-design-for-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Document Design for Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/butterfly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2097\" title=\"butterfly\" src=\"http:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/butterfly-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/butterfly-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/facultyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/butterfly.jpg 1437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Well, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.typographyforlawyers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Typography for Lawyers<\/a>, anyway. \u00a0An interesting website with lots of information about typography (basic, intermediate, and advanced) and an appendix listing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.typographyforlawyers.com\/?p=469\" target=\"_blank\">typography rules for various courts<\/a>. \u00a0That appendix links to a good essay on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca7.uscourts.gov\/Rules\/type.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Requirements and Suggestions for Typography in Briefs and Other Papers.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why care about typography and document design? \u00a0Well, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.typographyforlawyers.com\/?p=136\" target=\"_blank\">as the site points out, citing the example of the infamous Palm Beach County butterfly ballot<\/a>, the consequences of poor design and typography go beyond the &#8220;aesthetic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hat tip to the <a href=\"http:\/\/lawprofessors.typepad.com\/legalwriting\/2008\/11\/typography-for.html\" target=\"_blank\">Legal Writing Prof Blog<\/a>\u00a0(hat tipping Ruth Anne Robbins, author of a fantastic article on typography and document design, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ca7.uscourts.gov\/Rules\/Painting_with_Print.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">also available on the Seventh Circuit website<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, Typography for Lawyers, anyway. \u00a0An interesting website with lots of information about typography (basic, intermediate, and advanced) and an appendix listing typography rules for various courts. \u00a0That appendix links to a good essay on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals website, &#8220;Requirements and Suggestions for Typography in Briefs and Other Papers.&#8221; 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