BS 4940-3:1994

Committees responsible
Foreword
1. Scope
2. Informative references
3. Principles of presentation
3.1 Aims
3.2 Arrangement
3.3 Visual hierarchy
3.4 Corporate image
3.5 Style and aesthetic appeal
4. Format and binding
4.1 Format
4.2 Bindings
4.3 Subdivision of a document
4.4 Paper and card
5. Page layout
5.1 Principles
5.2 Layout
5.3 Front and back covers
5.4 Fold-out sheets
5.5 Reproduction
6. Illustrations and colour
6.1 General
6.2 Illustrations
6.3 Colour
7. Typography
7.1 General
7.2 Basic principles
7.3 Legibility
8. Printing, storage, distribution and updating
8.1 General
8.2 Typesetting and proof reading
8.3 Distribution and storage
8.4 Updating
List of references
Index
Table
1. Example of binding methods
Figures
2. Example of technical information based on the use of
     standard headings and a standard arrangement of
     information
2. Examples of technical information in which there is
     a presentational hierarchy
3. Storage of standard format documents (showing the
     advantage of the A4 portrait format)
4. Sheets and folded sheets
5. Documents in a filing box
6. Boxed set of documents
7. Ring binders, ring types and spacing of punch holes
8. Examples of identification of dividers
9. Methods of incorporating loose sheets in a
     publication
10. Examples of page grids and their application
11. Examples of justified and unjustified text
12. Page plan for a 12 page saddle-stitched (stapled)
     publication
13. Examples of front and back covers
14. Fold-out landscape A4 sheet and fold-out reference
     page
15. Examples of running heads
16. Examples of different types of illustration
17. Examples of the use of colour in illustrations
18. Examples of typography

Recommendation on format of technical publications, binding, use of colour, illustrations and typefaces.

This Part of BS 4940 gives guidance on the presentation of technical publications for products and services in the construction industry. It describes the principles that should be followed in designing the format and layout of documents and makes recommendations on binding, colour, illustrations and typefaces.

This Part of BS 4940 is intended to provide an introduction to the presentation of technical information for those who commission writers and designers. It will also fulfil a number of other purposes including providing guidance to those writers and designers who are preparing documents on construction products and services but who are not familiar with the needs and conventions of the construction industry.

BS 4940 : Part 1 : 1994 is intended for those who have overall responsibility for an organization’s publications policy; it deals with the preparation of the brief for technical publications and with the appointment of a Project Leader and Project Team to implement the brief. It also covers the commissioning of technical writers and designers.

BS 4940 : Part 2 : 1994 is intended for those concerned with the content and structure of technical information. It deals with the information that different types of document should contain and with the arrangement of that information under preferred headings. Part 2 also refers to copyright, foreign languages, standard units of measurement and classification and filing.