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Enumerations<strong>as</strong>aninterestingformoftextappearance<br />
Rememberthatwhicheverdayoftheweekitisyou<br />
alwayshavethefollowingchoiceforsupper:<br />
—toeator<br />
—nottoeat.<br />
Forbreakf<strong>as</strong>tyouhavenochoice:youmusteatit!<br />
Example13:Asingle-sentenceenumeration<strong>as</strong>an<br />
entity<br />
Rememberthatwhicheverdayoftheweek<br />
itisyoualwayshavethefollowing<br />
choiceforsupper:\vspace{-.6ex}<br />
\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{---}<br />
\begin{itemize}<br />
\setlength{\parskip}{0ex}<br />
\setlength{\itemsep}{0ex}<br />
\itemtoeator<br />
\itemnottoeat.<br />
\end{itemize}\vspace{-.6ex}<br />
Forbreakf<strong>as</strong>tyouhave...<br />
Example14:HowtotypesetExample13<br />
AnanalysisofthecodepresentedinExample14<br />
andacomparisonwiththeoutputinExample15<br />
leadstotheconclusionthattheschemeofthemeaningofthevariouslengthswithintheenumeration<br />
environment,althoughcopiedbymanysources(also<br />
by[1]),isnotverywellinsyncwiththecurrentpractice.This<strong>one</strong>tinydetailshouldberemembered.<br />
4 “Modern”enumerations<br />
Thecl<strong>as</strong>sicalmethodsoftypesettingenumerations<br />
workwellforpaperpublications.Theyarecompletelyunsuitableformultimediapresentations,flyersortechnicaldocumentation.Suchcreationsare<br />
typesetso<strong>as</strong>tofacilitatequickaccesstovariousportionsoftextwhich,similartodictionaryentries,are<br />
self-containedentities.<br />
Accordingly,thenatureofenumerationsisdifferent.Spacingismoreimportantandthesameis<br />
trueoftheshapeandposition(withrespecttothe<br />
contentsoftheenumeration)ofthesymbolsused<br />
tolabeltheconsecutiveitems—theseareusually<br />
justentries.Thenatureofthesymbolsh<strong>as</strong>also<br />
changed—theyplayadifferentrolethaninthecl<strong>as</strong>sicalenumerations.Theyarenowrather“roadsigns”<br />
saying:“hereisthebeginningoftheinformation<br />
whichmightbeimportantforyou.”Thereforethey<br />
shouldbereadable,ofapropersizeand,ifpossible,<br />
inacolorcontr<strong>as</strong>tingwiththecoloroftheitem’s<br />
\labelwidth<br />
label<br />
\leftmargin<br />
label<br />
\labelsep<br />
preceding text<br />
\itemindent<br />
\listparindent<br />
following text<br />
\topsep+\parskip [+partopsep]<br />
item 1<br />
paragraph 1<br />
item 1<br />
paragraph 2<br />
item 2<br />
\parsep<br />
\itemsep + parsep<br />
\rightmargin<br />
\topsep+\parskip [+partopsep]<br />
Example15:EnumerationsandL A TEX’slengths<br />
text(especiallysoinpresentations).<br />
ItseemsthatthecreatorofL A TEXhadaprecognitionofthedirectiontheworldwouldroll.To<br />
createa“modern”enumeration,notyetcoveredby<br />
anynorm,itsufficestochangethelabelingofthe<br />
items.Andso,Example6,typesettothecl<strong>as</strong>sical<br />
rules,mightbemodifiedbychangingthespacing<br />
andthewayitemsarealigned(standardL A TEXenumeration)—Example16—orbyalsomodifyingthe<br />
itemlabel—Example17.Example18isgivento<br />
showthatwedonotneedtothrowawayallofthe<br />
featuresofthecl<strong>as</strong>sicalenumerations,especiallyin<br />
brochuresorflyers.<br />
Summary<br />
Theworldmoveson,wearechanging,enumerations<br />
change<strong>as</strong>well.Itremainstowaitforthedaywhen<br />
anannouncementfoundonourdoormatwillmake<br />
ushappyinsteadofdanderingup—toourjoy,the<br />
leafletwillbetypesetwithL A TEX...<br />
References<br />
[1]KopkaH.,DalyP.W.:AGuidetoL A TEX,<br />
4 th Edition,Addison-Wesley,2003<br />
[2]ChwałowskiR.:Typografiatypowejksiążki,<br />
Helion,Gliwice2002<br />
[3]Polishnorms:PN-78/N-01222/03,<br />
BN-76/7440-03<br />
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