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Information Design of a Pocket Dictionary
English 392ANancy Collins
Excerpt from pocket dictionary
-An idea-based document
-Rules of inclusion and exclusion
-Inherent need for appropriate design
Audience
-Students or other people looking for a quick and simple definition
-NOT designed for ESL students or those seeking detailed definitions or background information
Purpose
-To provide simple, clear and easily accessible definitions
-To help with spelling, pronunciation and usage
Context
-Physical document with high user awareness and low task-immediacy
-Portable, fits into any bag
-Paperback, cheap paper quality
-Booky smell
Rules of Inclusion & Exclusion
-Dictionaries are biased
-This dictionary accommodates audience, purpose, and context by:
-using current & core vocabulary-focusing on central meanings-avoiding technical language-providing additional information:
word builder, usage notes (potential noise?)
How is this document used?
-Searched & scanned and then read
-Use directly impacts design
Dictionary Conventions
-Alphabetical order
-Page indexes
-Consistency of entry structure
Information Design
GROUPING
-Proximity
-Size
-Bolding
-Numbering
-Use of lines and boxes
Information Design
TYPOGRAPHY
-Contrast between typefaces
-Headwords are sans-serif and bolded; definitions are serif and normal
Information Design
SPACE
-Left justified
-Definitions indented from headwords
-Separate lines for separate things
Information Design
GRIDS
-2 column grid
-Allows for faster scanning