This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Thom – Fontographer will already allow you to create a font condensed in that manner. The problem with mechanically condensing type is that it distorts the balance between the verticle and horizontal strokes. Hopefully, Metamorphisis will allow you to capture the outline, condense it, then correct the strokes — that…
Tripp – It is overkill. There is also some danger in putting too many layers of ink over each other. I'm not a printer either, but what I've heard is — it can pick up the old layers of ink and leave white spots. — don
Susan – Aw, gosh! I thought that this would be the one place where I would be safe from all the super bowl hoopla! :-0 — don
Thom – I don't run the DTP Forum as some sort of "king."> — that's good, wizards are much more powerful than mere kings! 🙂 I wouldn't want them here, even if they were available everywhere else. — don
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Tom – Re: I think the most common meaning as used in DTP is short for "ragged" — as in rag right or rag left — as opposed to jusified. — don
Welmoed – I'm pretty surprised at how long the thread has kept going. I wrote the first entry as a goof. — don
Bill – If you're overprinting BLACK, is better to NOT reverse out athe background. If you're overprinting another color, you have to reverse out the background to avoid color shifts. One of the trick that film houses use to get really good black backgrounds is to run 70% cyan behind…
Dave – I got it! — don
Mark – I have here, in front of me, a piece of trash that was created by a "professional graphic artist" — it was created by traditional means, phototype, stat camera, exacto knife, etc. Do you remember the fury of "typesetters" that was created when the IBM ESC was introduced?…
Bill – I don't know what the going rate for traditional designer/production artists/illustrators in your area is, but since he has additional skills (DTP) and additional responsibilities (system manager) he SHOULD be making more than that. Because his tools make him more productive, he should be more highly paid. It…
David – I, too, feel frustration at seeing "inexperienced numbskulls" taking work from "honest designers." I don't think that anyone would purposely choose to publish a badly designed piece over a well designed piece, all other factors being even. i also think that the market will out, cream will rise…
Thom – As a moral (as opposed to legal) issue, I think that it IS immoral to merely extract some other designers outline, rename and distribute it — as wrong as making K-Mart knock-offs of Designer original dresses. I would hope that this forum would refuse to post such knock-offs.…
Bill – GOD, that's frustrating. Back when I used to run a department, and had 6 people working for me, I hired a lot of beginners. They'd come in with these GREAT freelance jobs, that dropped in their laps, and would have to as me how to do them. Being…
Dave – "a quarter of a giggle"! — I'm insulted, it was worth at least a guffaw and a half 🙂 — don
Hey, folks – Do you think we might be just a little bit jaded here? This stuff that we're calling "bad" is a whole lot better than it used to be. Have we already forgotten brochures created with typewriter or 9-pin printers (and usually bad ribbons) that'd been photo-reduced on…
Thom – Great! — don
Thom – "Where's your contribution to our effort?"!!! I wrote the FIRST episode! — don
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Dave – Yep. You can get a 1-bit scan, a 4-bit, 6-bit, or 8-bit — nobody makes a 2-bit scanner (at least that they will admit to!) 🙂 — don
What am I? DTP?
Message #5982
Naomi – The first rule I established for myself, when I started my own business, was to not work for donkeys' hind ends. I'm pretty outspoken, and can usually tell at an initial session whether someone resents an artist with a mind (and a mouth), and pass on the project.…
Thom – This thread is ggettin' good — any way you can save it? — don
I always try not to be TOO hard on anybody (hard, sometimes — never too hard). HowEVER, this does raise a significant problem. If I intend to use a color printer to produce a proof of an image that is to be printed by 4/c separations, I expect it to…