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| 39 of 40 people found the following review helpful  Lawyer? Ingest this.,  Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Typography for Lawyers (Paperback) There are two things lawyers use daily: a chair and a word processor. Smart lawyers get comfortable with both. For me, adjusting my chair is straightforward. Adjusting my word processor (and my word processing habit) is not.Butterick helps you make the adjustment from the typewriter rules that you learned in school. As a result, your documents will have predictable style. Your document's style will clearly guide your reader. Will this make your document more persuasive? Yes, with surprisingly little work. If you are still not sure whether you should buy this book, just spend a little time at the companion website: typographyforlawyers.com. The advantages of the book over the website are three: better guidance for choosing a professional font, more examples of before/after, and word processor specific advice. The only thing missing is CLE credit. Finally, I spent about 2 hours on the website and 4 hours with the book. This included the time spent... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?    Comments (5) 19 of 23 people found the following review helpful Indispensible, Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Typography for Lawyers (Paperback) This is a book that every lawyer should own.Lawyers prepare many papers, but rarely have solid information on how things should be arranged. They don't know about the best practices that have developed in the centuries since Gutenberg. Matthew Butterick supplies that information. In 200 easily-read pages, he explains what typographers have learned about how text should be arranged. For example: * Add only one space after periods. There is no good reason to add two spaces. * Use real "small caps," rather than imitation ones created by your word processor. * Use italics, not underlining. * Never use courier as your font. * Use Times New Roman only if you are absolutely required by court rules. There is much more. Read about the book on his web site, [...]. And then buy the book. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? Comment (1) 10 of 11 people found the following review helpful A fanastic resource for attorneys and others, One of the most interesting observations comes at the end, where the author notes that the bland, homogenous appearance of most filings stems not from court rules but from the "bandwagon effect." Butterick encourages lawyers to explore instead the "typographical latitude" that nearly all courts allow. The endgame, he reminds us, is to make filings readable, if not enjoyable. I also appreciated the hints on letterhead and business cards, Bryan Garner's witty foreword, and the author's pervasive passion for his subject. All in all, a terrific resource that is sure to become the definitive guide to typography in the legal... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? Comment |
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