1 Putting marks on paper
This chapter covers
- What this book is about, who it is for, and what it contains
- Coordinates and units for placing ink on a page or pixels on a screen
- The physical characteristics of paper, ink, and computer screens
- Building lines and making shapes using only dots
This book provides an introduction to computer science through a series of sketches highlighting aspects of one central theme: book production. If you are reading a physical paperback copy of this book, everything from the writer’s thoughts up to the act of printing it was done automatically. If you are reading this book as an eBook, of course, the book is still inside the computer.
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