Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs

by Baecker, Ronald M.; Marcus, Aaron

• ISBN13: 9780201107456
• ISBN10: 0201107457
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-01-01
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

This book shows how increased attention to human factors and typographical principles can enhance the readability of computer programs and their documentation. It illustrates such enhancement by suggesting a new style for C documentation. Any language could have been used as an example, and similar factors and principles would apply. Specialists in human factors and computer typography, as well as programmers and software engineers, will find this book a rich source of interesting ideas on how computer programs might be made easier to read and maintain, and how program documentation might be made more accessible to users. ACM Press.

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Author Biography

Aaron Marcus is an internationally recognized authority on the design of user interfaces, interactive multimedia, and printing/publishing documents, including charts, forms, icons, and screens. He co-authored Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs (1990) and Graphic Design for Electronic Documents and User Interfaces (1992), both published by Addison-Wesley as ACM Press Books. Marcus received a BA in physics from Princeton University (1965) and a BFA and MFA in graphic design from Yale University Art School (1966).

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Table of Contents

Visualizing Programs.
Background and Motivation.
Mapping C.
Source Text to Effective Visual Presentations.
A Graphic Design.
Manual for the C Programming Language.
Programs as Publications.
Future Issues in Program Presentation.
Appendices.