M A N T E X N E W S L E T T E R Number 66 - mid-March 2002 Fonts, Design, and the Web ------ ISSN 1470-1863 ------ 0----- 'Computers and Typography 2' This is a new collection of essays on digital typography from Rosemary Sassoon. She is the designer of 'Sassoon Primary' - a typeface used to make reading easier for children. The essays include studies of typography in non-Latinate languages, computers in education, screen layout, and designing educational software. http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/sassoon4.htm 0----- THE PUB QUIZ - 1 Who wrote 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'? 0----- 'Secrets of Successful Web Sites' David Siegel is the author of best-selling title 'Creating Killer Web Sites and he's also an eCommerce guru. In this book he turns his attention towards the strategy and management of big web projects. The first part of the book goes behind the scenes of decision making at sites such as In the second part he reveals the secrets of professional web design teams, including how they calculate how much to charge their clients. It's a beautifully illustrated and elegantly produced book which will appeal to anybody who wants to make web design a serious business. http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/siegel-3.htm 0----- THE PUB QUIZ - 2 What is the sweet Rahat Lakhoum known as? 0----- FREE software IE Booster v1.4 If you place your cursor anywhere on a Web page and right-click, you see something called the context menu. IE Booster adds other items to it. There's a way to show only the hyperlinks (perfect for locating things fast), show images only, show CSS (style sheets), resize the window, and lots of other things. Note: This only works with Internet Explorer 5 and higher. http://www.paessler.com/download/ieboostr.zip 0----- THE PUB QUIZ - 3 Who composed the opera 'The Rake's Progress'? 0----- FREE Euro Fonts If you want to keep your fonts up to date, the ICT foundry is offering two FREE downloadable font sets which feature the Euro symbol. We don't officially use the Euro [yet] here in the UK - but everybody knows it's bound to come. Get yourself up to date at - http://www.itcfonts.com 0----- THE PUB QUIZ - 4 What is the chief Belgian airline called? 0----- PUB QUIZ ANSWERS Who wrote 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'? ANSWER - Gabriel Garcia Marquez [Colombia] What is the sweet Rahat Lakhoum known as? ANSWER - Turkish Delight Who composed the opera 'The Rake's Progress'? ANSWER - Igor Stravinsky [Russia] What is the chief Belgian airline called? ANSWER - Sabena 0----- COMING SOON 'Students Guide to Exam Success' 'Toothpicks to Logos' [Design] 'Back to the User' 'Getting Hits' 'Blown to Bits' [e-Commerce] 'The Non-Designer's Web Book' 'Flash for Cartooning' 'Dreamweaver 4 in a Nutshell' 'Innovating in Higher Education' (c) Copyright 2002, MANTEX All Rights Reserved PO Box 100 Tel +44 0161 432 5811 Manchester Fax +44 0161 443 2766 M20 6GZ UK www.mantex.co.uk If you like this newsletter, PLEASE FORWARD IT to friends and colleagues. New subscribers should register at the following address -- http://www.mantex.co.uk/newslet.htm FREE BACK ISSUES featuring news items, reviews, and product details are available at - http://www.mantex.co.uk/news/archive.htm Please retain the copyright and subscription information. It may be posted, in its entirety or partially, to newsgroups or mailing lists, so long as the copyright and subscription information remains. If you have any requests, observations, or items you would like to be included in our next issues, just mail us at -- news@mantex.co.uk You receive the MANTEX newsletter because you subscribed to it. If you wish to unsubscribe, go to -- http://www.mantex.co.uk/newslet.htm News-66-mid-Mar-2002 ISSN 1470-1863 The British Library