Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. David Futato was the production editor and the copyeditor for Motif Reference Manual, Second Edition. Maureen Dempsey and Sarah Jane Shangraw provided quality control; Anna Snow and Maeve O'Meara provided production assistance. Ellie Cutler wrote the index, which was updated by Paul Ferguson.

Edie Freedman designed the cover of this book. Kathleen Wilson produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 3.32 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

Alicia Cech designed the interior layout based on a series design by Edie Freedman. Len Muellner implemented the design using a set of gtroff macros originally written by Steve Talbott. The GNU groff text formatter version 1.11 was used to generate PostScript output, which was then distilled to PDF for final press. The text and heading fonts are New Baskerville and Futura Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Rhon Porter using Macromedia FreeHand 8 and Adobe Photoshop 5. This colophon was written by David Futato.

Whenever possible, our books use the RepKover™, a durable and flexible lay-flat binding. If the page count exceeds RepKover's limit, perfect binding is used.