Robert Brown Butler received a degree of architecture from Cornell University in 1964, and since has spent more than fifty years in architectural design and construction. Previous to this publication he has authored eight books: In 1981, The Ecological House, which describes how to design and build houses that are friendly to the environment; between 1984 and 2002, five books on architectural engineering for McGraw-Hill; in 2012, Architecture Laid Bare, a book for laymen that details the latest environmental and technical issues facing American architecture (website: architecturelaidbare.com); and in 2014, the Disaster Handbook, a book on disaster preparedness which to date has won nine literary awards (website: http: //thedisasterhandbook .com). Mr. Butler’s ability to design buildings and write books on architectural engineering is pertinent in the present publication because designing a building is similar in scope, artistry, and detail to writing a book, and the kind of analysis required to write books on architectural engineering is ideal for writing a book on literary engineering. Mr. Butler’s typography also has a website: bufontforge.com