The Chicago Manual of Style
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Book Summary Editor: University of Chicago Press Staff Edition: Hardcover Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 2003-08-01 ISBN: 0226104036 Number of pages: 984 Publisher: University Of Chicago Press |
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Book Reviews of the The Chicago Manual of Style
Customer Review: Design disaster
Summary: 2 Stars
Aesthetics supersedes practicality in most matters of my life, but there are times when you just want to USE something. As an editor, I want my reference books to decrease my work time, not add to it. I admit I haven't discovered a plethora of new style info simply because the style of the book itself precludes my perusal of it.Chicago 15 is a big, beautiful disaster. Whoever designed it should be forced to use it -- after reading manuscripts every day, all day, all year -- as punishment. What were they thinking when they chose the typestyles and font sizes, especially for the reference numbers? Perhaps it was obvious we would just disregard this book and stick with our 14th editions anyway, so the designers thumbed their noses at us and decided to just make it pretty (which it is).
Must I mention the barely legible pale blue print? An attempt at setting apart the examples is laudable, though unnecessary (Is that not what the braces are for? I was always taught that ONE form of distinction is enough), but the chosen color is insulting to those of us who actually read for a living.
As an artist, I love the fonts and design. As an editor, I hate this book -- and I have no use for it as an artist. The best thing about this book is that no one wants to use it, so I'm not forced to either. None of the NYC book publishers I edit for have abandoned the 14th (although we all readily switched over to Webster's 11th). The second-best thing about this book is that I still have the 14th edition and WIT to turn to. The third-best thing is that at least the business expense is tax-deductible.