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◊os{Matthew Butterick} I got my degree in design and typography at Harvard University. I began my career as a font designer in Boston. At the beginning of the Internet era, I started Atomic Vision, a website-design company in San Francisco. Later, I attended UCLA law school and became a member of the California bar. In 2012, I received the Legal Writing Institute’s Golden Pen Award for ◊em{Typography for Lawyers}.

My other projects include Practical Typography, an online book (◊link{http://practicaltypography.com}), the fonts ◊xref{Equity}, ◊xref{Concourse}, ◊xref{Triplicate}, and ◊xref{Advocate}, and Pollen, software for publishing electronic books (◊link{http://pollenpub.com}).

I live in Los Angeles with my wife Jessica and Roxy the boxer. 

You can reach me at ◊link["mailto:mb@typographyforlawyers.com"]{mb@typographyforlawyers.com}. I welcome comments and corrections. I do not, however, dispense individualized critiques or recommendations. Nor do I have Word templates to give away. After all, the point of the book is for you to learn how to do these things yourself.


◊em{Typography for Lawyers} is © 2008–17 Matthew Butterick. All rights reserved.

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◊subhead{Image credits}


Butterfly ballot and redesigned ballot in ◊xref{Why typography matters}: © 2003 William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, and Jill Butler, from their book ◊book{Universal Principles of Design} (see ◊xref{bibliography}). Used with permission.

Highway sign in ◊xref{What is typography}: © iStockphoto.com / Double_Vision. Used under license. Modified by Matthew Butterick.

Manual typewriter in ◊xref{Type composition}: © iStockphoto.com / slobo. Used under license.

Computer keyboard in ◊xref{Type composition}: © iStockphoto.com / Amorphis. Used under license. Modified by Matthew Butterick.

Metal type in ◊xref{Hyphens and dashes}: Public-domain image. Available from ◊link["http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metal_type.svg"]{Wikimedia Commons.}

Caslon type specimen in ◊xref{text formatting}: Public-domain image. Available from ◊link["http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caslon-schriftmusterblatt.jpeg"]{Wikimedia Commons.}

Page from the Kelmscott Chaucer in ◊xref{page layout}: Public-domain image. Scanned by Liam Quin (available at ◊link["http://www.fromoldbooks.org/WilliamMorris-KelmscottChaucer/pages/483-Troilus-and-Criseyde-II-In-May/"]{fromoldbooks.org}).

Letter from B. F. Hallett in ◊xref{sample documents}: Public-domain image. Available from the Library of Congress “American Memory” collection (available from ◊link["http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/rbpebib:@field(NUMBER+@band(rbpe+06102300))"]{memory.loc.gov}).

Author illustration: © 2006 ◊link["http://www.nolinovak.com"]{Noli Novak.} Used under license.