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Fascinating. It has a formal tone of writing as you'd expect, but it's not too wordy. Wordiness is what you expect of printed goverment publications (even today
by open-source-ux 6y ago
Fascinating. It has a formal tone of writing as you'd expect, but it's not too wordy. Wordiness is what you expect of printed goverment publications (even today). The principles are still sound. Naturally, it covers printed forms only.
For comparison, here are the current GOV.UK recommendations for designing forms:
https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/design/form-structure https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/design/form-structure
- petepete 6y agoAlso worth linking to the design system here. The amount of care and attention that goes into the usability of every form element is mindblowing. https://design-system.service.gov.uk/ https://design-system.service.gov.uk/
- abraae 6y agoNot too wordy is a matter of opinion. While surprisingly well written and readable for a govt pub, I still find it's a little "wall of text" like. At a meta level, here's what the document itself advises about wordiness: > Avoid unnecessary words, e.g. the phrase ‘In every case in which particulars are furnished’ (eight words), can be reduced to ‘When particulars are given’ (four words): a phrase such as ‘It should be noted that the obligation to furnish particulars’ (ten words), is no less clear when reduced to ‘The obligation to give particulars’ (five words). In a modern, plain english style, these might be further chopped down to 'When provided' (two words) and 'Mandatory when' (two words).
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