Running Mac OS X Panther Inside Mac OS X's Core By James Duncan Davidson
December 2003
Pages: 332

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Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. Our book is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels.

The animal on the cover of Running Mac OS X Panther is a German shepherd. The model for this picture was Vinny, a search and rescue dog for the King County (Washington) sheriff's department. The German shepherd was hand-drawn from photographs of Vinny by his aunt, Lorrie LeJeune, a former editor at O'Reilly.

Search and rescue dogs are in quite a stressful field of work. In order for a dog to perform well, it must adapt to many different things--for example, modes of travel, new people, all kinds of weather, and various types of terrain. Often, search and rescue dogs are medium to large in size. They are expected to be intelligent, strong, and generally even-tempered. The German shepherd is by no means the only breed of dog that takes on this line of work. Ultimately, search and rescue dogs must have a strong nose and be physically fit. It is a difficult job that requires the dedication and commitment of both the dog and its owner/partner. Claire Cloutier was the production manager for this book. Jill Steinberg was the copyeditor and Kellie Robinson was the proofreader. Chuck Toporek, Claire Cloutier, Darren Kelly, and David Futato provided quality control. Julie Hawks wrote the index.

Emma Colby designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is an original illustration created by Lorrie LeJeune. Emma produced the cover layout with Quark XPress 4.1, using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

David Futato designed the interior layout. James Duncan Davidson implemented the layout in InDesign. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The tip and warning icons were drawn by Christopher Bing.

The initial drafts of the early chapters of the book were written using a variety of applications from Microsoft Word to BBEdit. OmniOutliner and OmniGraffle were invaluable for organizing random thoughts into coherent form. Once it became apparent that a toolset change was in order to speed the production process, Adobe InDesign and Adobe InCopy became the tools of choice for writing and enabled a high degree of collaboration between the author, editor, and copyeditor. The illustrations were produced using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. The layout of the text and illustrations into final form was performed with Adobe InDesign.

The final production of the book was accomplished over a 48-hour weekend in Portland, Oregon with James Duncan Davidson, Chuck Toporek, and Kellie Robinson collaborating over proofs and PowerBooks with Jill Steinberg joining in from Seattle via telephone and iChat. Adobe InDesign was used to generate the final PDF files that went to press after a brief stop in Cambridge, Massachusetts for a final look over.

Every word was written on a Mac.

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