hornblower Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 I've been looking at the samples of Life of Fred math on the website & some of the pdf's have odd line alignment typos. For ex. on p.4 of the Beginning Algebra, where it says Hi! This is going to be fun! the alignment is kind of off. http://www.stanleyschmidt.com/FredGauss/__LOF%20BA%2016%20page%20sample.pdf Not a big deal in that sentence but I noticed a couple similar probs in the Fractions book sample where some of the fractions are out of alignment with each other. Are similar glitches in the actual books? And if so, is this something that has bugged you or your kids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacqui in mo Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Doesn't bother us. He uses a lot of different types to note when Fred is speaking vs when others are. I really hadn't noticed the alignment thing. Just not important to me in this context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Thanks for sharing your experience! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Funny, I found this when looking at the Life of Fred sample, and I'm guessing it would apply to "typography" skills as well :D In the first month or so, I found I liked algebra better than . . . English, because the teacher couldn’t mark me down because he or she didn’t like the way I expressed myself or didn’t like my handwriting or didn’t like my face. In algebra, all I had to do was get the right answer and the teacher had to give me an A. I'll admit to enjoying artful (and proper) page layout, and clean design. So this sort of thing "bugs" me a little. When publisher of homeschool materials go to the trouble of making their materials graphically interesting (rather than looking like the came straight off a word-processing document from the last millennium) it pleases me. Life of Fred does seem like an intriguing approach, so I'd get past not liking its "face" if the material proves valuable. But still...... Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plimsoll Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Don't judge a book by its typeface... :) My son loves Life of Fred. We haven't noticed any typeface or alignment anomalies. Once you get into the Algebra book, the fact that some of the answers are in the text and some of the answers are in the Home Companion is far more annoying then any book layout concerns. Nevertheless, we like the books so much that we deal with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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