tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post5663824644507003422..comments2023-09-30T10:39:38.126-05:00Comments on Fresh Ribbon: Typing vs. TypesettingMondahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498572527807167970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-30334754063886638802008-06-10T20:10:00.000-05:002008-06-10T20:10:00.000-05:00I've decided that whether blogging counts a writin...I've decided that whether blogging counts a writing or not, I'm officially calling it Writing. Capital W. <BR/><BR/>I've waxed and pasted and pinstriped sometimes all night long. I was younger then, and a little stupid. It was great fun, though. That was back when all the pressmen in Little Rock were bikers. I don't know why.Mondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498572527807167970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-3208815548433208802008-06-09T15:33:00.000-05:002008-06-09T15:33:00.000-05:00The paper I worked at in the late '80s / early '90...The paper I worked at in the late '80s / early '90s used a combination of old-school and then-modern techniques. We laid out the entire thing in Ventura Publisher, using a 286 computer with 20mb hard drive. (Later, another department loaned us an Apple Quadra for the summer. Whee-ha, was that da bomb!) Each page came out in sections on a HP Laserjet II, and those were then spliced together on a light table.<BR/><BR/>Because we had no scanner, ads and photos had to be waxed and pasted in separately after each page was assembled. The white space was roughly accounted for, but we still had to cut and lay down the pinstripe-tape borders by hand.<BR/><BR/>I would have hated to have had to do all of the layout on letterpress equipment. But I am also thankful that there was still some old-fashioned hands-on assembly to be done. It made the final product that more magical when the sweet-smelling, ink-damped copies came flying off the far side of the press.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5170131154051867994.post-79298673244153043102008-06-09T13:41:00.000-05:002008-06-09T13:41:00.000-05:00Typesetting isn't dead, it's just moved on to the ...Typesetting isn't dead, it's just moved on to the "niche" or hobbyist market. My cousin runs a small print shop using equipment that has been heaved out of larger print places due to obsolescence. And the computer surely democratized the publishing process to the point where it's not feasible or reasonable to keep staff on hand to juggle all the slugs into place. You could just as easily bemoan the loss of the buggy-whip industry.<BR/><BR/>I certainly think blogging counts as writing. At least, I hope it does. I like to pretend that fiddling with my own blog and obsessively hovering over everyone else's counts towards my daily "pour-your-soul-into-the-keyboard" quota.mpclemenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12807147515549175803noreply@blogger.com