Preparing Scientific Illustrations A Guide to Better Posters, Presentations, and Publications - Briscoe, Mary H.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1996)
1 Introduction -- Learning to Communicate Visually -- An Intention to Communicate -- Good Illustrations -- Planning the Figure -- 2 Drawings and Diagrams -- Line or Continuous-Tone Drawing? -- Doing Drawings -- 3 Photographs -- Photographic Reproduction -- Photographic Figures -- Photomicrographs -- Gels -- Video Images -- 4 Charts and Tables -- Charts -- Tables -- Tables for Slides -- 5 Molecular Graphics -- Genetic Sequences -- Restriction Maps -- Molecular Models -- Software Comparison -- 6 Graphs and Software -- Kinds of Graphs -- Graph Design -- Axis Lines -- Ticks -- Labels -- Label Position -- Design Symbols and Lines -- Texture and Contrast -- Arrows and Brackets -- For Good Graphs -- Graphing Software -- 7 The Journal Figure -- Journal Instructions -- Reduction -- Format -- Labels -- Consistency -- Final Preparation -- The Printing Process -- 8 Slides -- Slide Format -- Labels for Slides -- Color -- Word Slides -- Slides From Books and Journals -- Overhead Transparencies -- Making Slides and Overheads -- 9 Posters -- Plan the Poster -- Poster Text -- Figures -- Poster Layout -- Poster Production -- Poster Purpose -- 10 Using an Illustrator -- Communicate with the Illustrator -- The Illustrator and the Computer -- The Illustrator as a Resource -- 11 Using a Computer -- Letters, Fonts, and Styles -- Use Computer Options to Simplify and Organize -- Computer Drawings and Diagrams -- Bit Mapped versus Vector-Based Graphics -- Computer-Generated Graphs -- Computer Printout -- Conclusions and Suggested Readings -- 12 Drawing by Hand -- Trim, Mount, and Label Tracings -- Trim, Mount, and Label Gels -- Draw and Label Graphs -- Use a Photocopy Machine for Corrections and Changes -- 13 Conclusion -- You Should Learn to Communicate -- You Can Learn -- Sources of Illustrations.
Keywords: Life sciences; Medicine; Chemistry; Environment; Life Sciences, general; Biomedicine, general; Chemistry/Food Science, general; Medicine/Public Health, general; Environment, general