Editorial

Volume IV · Spring Issue

Editorial

A slow, print-leaning style for long-form arguments, essays and book talks.

By the Editor · published locally

A printer’s view of slides

The page is patient. Type set on a generous measure, with air around it, gives the reader room to think. Slides can borrow that calm.

What goes in this issue

  • A note on typography
  • Two columns of evidence
  • A picture and its caption
  • One quotation worth keeping
  • A short passage of code
  • A closing remark

Read in sequence; each follows from the last.

Two columns

The case for restraint

Strip the slide. Remove the second adjective. Trust the reader to follow a clear sentence without ornament.

The risk of restraint

Stripped too far, the slide becomes a label. Without verbs and examples, the argument cannot land.

A plate

A plate, served with proper margins.

Plate I. Provenance: placeholder. Replace with your own.

Pull quote

Good prose is like a windowpane.

— George Orwell, Why I Write

A passage of code

library(dplyr)
penguins |>
  filter(!is.na(bill_length_mm)) |>
  group_by(species) |>
  summarise(mean_bill = mean(bill_length_mm), n = n())

A small example in R, set in the same measure as the body.

In closing

Finis.

Comments and letters to the editor are welcome.

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