Introduction.tioga
Copyright Ó 1987 by Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved.
Rick Beach, July 12, 1987 9:50:22 pm PDT
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Documentation Graphics


Tutorial 2
SIGGRAPH '87
Los Angeles, California
July 28,1987
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Lecturers

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Course Outline


(Morning)
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Course Outline


(Afternoon)
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Documentation Graphics


Course Theme
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Documentation Graphics


Course Theme
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Why are High Quality


Documents Hard?
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The Cost of Quality

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What does


`High Quality' Mean?
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· Subjective standards
— Tradition of graphic arts
· Speed versus resolution tradeoffs
— computation requirements
— memory/storage requirements
— video bandwidth requirements
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Quality Tradeoffs

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Quality:


No Jaggies!
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Details:


Precision & Placement
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Details:


Line Weights
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· Varying weights adds information
· Find lines exhibit grace
· Thick lines overstate image
· Algorithms are a challenge
— offset curves for thick strokes
— proper treatment of joints and ends
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Details:


Line Weights
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Details: Font Choices


and Typography
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Details:


Fonts and Type Families
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Details:


Fonts and Resolution
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Details:


Color Reproduction
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Details:


Color Correction
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