Comments on: helvetica*

By: Heidi

Heidi — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:12:52 +0000

Hear hear! I feel like I could have written that post myself. I had a very similar experience at the start of my career. We must have come up through college around the same time. I love computer and desktop publishing, and all of the freedom that comes with it. But every once in a while I feel like picking up the traditional tools. Long live the Rapidograph!

By: David Roussel

David Roussel — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:25:31 +0000

I recently watched ‘Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press’ on BBC iPlayer, but it doesn’t seem to be available anymore. If you get the chance to watch it you might like it too. 50 mins long.

Stephen Fry traces the story of Gutenburg, whilst a replica press is made, and mr Fry even cases a letter ‘E’ himself.

Will watch out for Helvetica.

By: Katy

Katy — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:19:35 +0000

Incredible, the speed of time. You could star in a diorama of life in the olden days! “There’s someone churning butter.” “There’s someone setting type.”

When I graduated from high school I got a really nice electric typewriter. It was cutting edge back then, but it beeped every time I made a spelling error, and I was writing a lot of papers in Spanish…..

Now I feel like we’re living with that machine from Star Trek, where you ask for what you want to eat or drink or wear and the computer gives it to you. Just this week I said to my computer “metal lunchbox”, “custom bobblehead”, and “linen shirts” and they all got to my house in 3 days.

By: Liza

Liza — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:51:40 +0000

I remember my mother literally cutting up her novels and reorganizing them by laying the cut out pieces on the floor of her study. It was such a physical aspect of her writing. How things have changed.

By: buddha_is

buddha_is — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:54:34 +0000

I LOVED watching that film!

…and everything that cut and paste used to mean!