![]() ![]() Wide column widths are harder to track and that The way eyes track across the page means people comprehendīetter when the width is less than 72 characters Printed newspapers and magazines used narrow text columns, That’s all to do with the way you read on-screenīeing able to change the column width is greatįor a similar reason. ![]() You’ll spot errors you didn’t see first time around. Writing using a different font and size to the one I used to I find it easy to read and nonĪ trick I learnt years ago is to proofread my I use Apple’s Myriad Pro font at a 17pt size - it’s ![]() Where a bright white screen disturbs others.įont means you can pick something you’re comfortable with. You mightīe working at night - possibly on a flight or train. Lighting conditions where the reverse is better. ![]() Time black on white text works best, but there are times and My view, essential for maximising productivity. Better still Byword also allows you to aĬhoice of wide, medium and narrow text columns. Whether the display shows white text on a black background You to change font and font size, but in a non-distracting Spent four months back in the word processor world with The workĪround was to zoom the document and crank up the font size Earlier this year I had an eye condition thatĪffected my ability to read text on a screen. And yet, the font is ugly and that is aīriefly couldn’t live with is the inability to change theįont size. You can’t change the iA Writerĭeliberately in the name of simplicity and minimalism,Īdmirable goals. Nothing illustrates this better than its inflexibilityĪbout the font it uses. Love iA Writer, it takes its minimalist approach a step tooįar. Look and feel that means nothing gets between you and your And both can save text documents in popularīyword and iA Writer look different, they share a minimalist Both let you syncĭocuments across your Mac, iPhone and iPad using iCloud.īoth can produce plain text documents that can be read byĪny device. Both are text editors optimisedįor writers not coders. Even so-called portable typewriters wereĪnything but portable by today’s standards. Of course typewritersĬouldn’t store documents. Typewriters made for productive writing because of their Wrote much the same about using iA Writer on my That I’ve found to date, that’s not a new thought. Say Byword is the nearest thing to using a manual typewriter Manipulate text, but they do it well and stay out of your Good text editors, like Byword, do one thing, Processor’s power comes from its relative Power comes from its relative simplicity. That text editor is optimised for code, unlike Byword it’s You can create programming code in a text editor. Generally create plain text (.txt) files - althoughĪlso do many things that go beyond straightforward writing. They are not concerned with fonts, layouts, creating tablesĪnd so on. Strings of letters, numbers and other characters. With all that other stuff going on, it’s easy to be This means the apps are complex and bloated. Word does mail merge and tracks changes - importantĬountless things that go beyond straightforward writing. Word processor developers threw the writing baby out withĮspecially good at dealing with document layout. Processors are useful, they have moved beyond their original Ideal for focusing is that the app is not a word processor: The key to Byword and the reason I say it is A byword is a phrase or saying used reproachfully or contemptuously.Byword: A Mac writing tool focusing on words Thursday, 4 September 2014, 1:33 pmīyword is the ideal Mac writing tool if you just want toįocus on words. The precepts of the Sermon on the Mount will furnish the Christian with invaluable maxims or mottoes. Precept is a command to duty motto or maxim is a brief statement of cherished truth, the maxim being more uniformly and directly practical "God is love" may be a motto, "Fear God and fear naught," a maxim. A saying is impersonal, current among the common people, deriving its authority from its manifest truth or good sense as, it is an old saying, "the more haste, the worse speed." A saw is a saying that is old, but somewhat worn and tiresome. A dictum is a statement of some person or school, on whom it depends for authority as, a dictum of Aristotle. The aphorism is philosophical, the apothegm practical. An apothegm is a terse statement of what is plain or easily proved. An aphorism partakes of the character of a definition it is a summary statement of what the author sees and believes to be true. Both the proverb and the adage, but especially the latter, are thought of as ancient and widely known. "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick" is a proverb "The cat loves fish, but dares not wet her feet," is an adage. The proverb or adage gives homely truth in condensed, practical form, the adage often pictorial. ![]()
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