Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-27331024-20151112141020/@comment-24577221-20151116034947

Thanks for the kind words. I've taught, in various capacities, for a long time -- mostly chemistry, some math, occasionally other things. For a couple of years, my work involved a lot of technical writing, with a focus on explaining some complex computer-chemistry things to an audience that was presumed to be intelligent but uninformed on the subject. All of these things have left their scars made their mark.

The "source mode" here is a form of markup language, with a fair bit of overlap with HTML (AKA HyperText Markup Language). If you're continuing to take classes in that kind of thing, you may find that working on things in "source mode" will help you with HTML, and vice versa.

Most of what I know about typography, I learned from playing with TEX, a different markup language. Its manual is pretty well organized, and an excellent demonstration of some nice approaches to teaching complex subjects.