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- The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Types of Dictionaries
- Part II Dictionaries as Books
- Chapter 9 Dictionary Typography
- Chapter 10 Illustrations in Dictionaries
- Chapter 11 Page and Book Design in Dictionaries
- Chapter 12 Dictionaries in Book History
- Chapter 13 Dictionaries as Material Objects
- Part III Dictionaries and Ideology
- Part IV Dictionaries and Domains of Use
- Part V The Business of Dictionaries
- Part VI The Future of Dictionaries
- References: Dictionaries
- References: Secondary Works
- Index
Chapter 11 - Page and Book Design in Dictionaries
from Part II - Dictionaries as Books
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2024
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Types of Dictionaries
- Part II Dictionaries as Books
- Chapter 9 Dictionary Typography
- Chapter 10 Illustrations in Dictionaries
- Chapter 11 Page and Book Design in Dictionaries
- Chapter 12 Dictionaries in Book History
- Chapter 13 Dictionaries as Material Objects
- Part III Dictionaries and Ideology
- Part IV Dictionaries and Domains of Use
- Part V The Business of Dictionaries
- Part VI The Future of Dictionaries
- References: Dictionaries
- References: Secondary Works
- Index
Summary
This chapter treats the design considerations for dictionaries as printed books, the transition from print to digital formats in the thirty years around the turn of the twenty-first century, and the considerations for digital and online formats. Section 1: Customer-focused decisions about format, size, and extent of physical dictionaries; the mapping of book and page components of printed dictionaries; the mutual influence of editorial and design choices; and the advent of digital composition and production for printed formats. Section 2: Factors driving the choice of digital versus print formats for changing customer needs; functional challenges of converting printed dictionaries to digital; design considerations for online interfaces, including both technical performance and user experience.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary , pp. 216 - 237Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024