Colophon

Colophon

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The tool on the cover of Halo 2 Hacks is a helmet. Helmets have been used to protect soldiers for thousands of years. Ancient Greeks wore helmets into battle, and the Middles Ages saw the helmet become an essential part of a soldier's uniform. Helmets were initially made out of leather and served as protection against swords and arrows. As helmets evolved, they were made almost entirely of iron and featured a number of functional and stylistic enhancements. The 20th century introduced steel helmets to help protect against the dangers of modern warfare, such as flying shrapnel. The best of today's helmets are generally made of lightweight and tough Kevlar.

Adam Witwer was the production editor and proofreader for Halo 2 Hacks. Derek Di Matteo copyedited the text. Jamie Peppard and Genevieve d'Entremont provided quality control. Johnna VanHoose Dinse wrote the index.

Michael Kohnke designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. Karen Montgomery produced the cover layout with Adobe InDesign CS using Adobe's Helvetica Neue and ITC Garamond fonts.

David Futato designed the interior layout. This book was converted by Keith Fahlgren to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Helvetica Neue Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano, Jessamyn Read, and Lesley Borash using Macromedia FreeHand MX and Adobe Photoshop CS. This colophon was written by Adam Witwer.