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Am really curious what we were doing as an industry, though.
I began life on workgroup lasers, moved to offset press and color, moved
to offset press and camera ready, moved to Docutech and one color, on to
no printed documentation, and am back to press and one color. I have
used a mix of PostScript and TrueType (now Open Type) fonts and various
graphics types over the years.
More and more I run into folks who think press work is like printing via
an RGB driver to a desktop 6-color inkjet, who are surprised fonts
aren't free, and even old fogies who think TrueType fonts are unusable
from press . . . a wide mix but a fair smattering of misunderstanding. I
do see a shift to online documentation where color is free and fonts are
. . . kept simple.
So, with that in mind and my STC experience as a backdrop, I was
wondering what techwrl-ers were doing as far as printed output goes.
Certainly, no sweat and I mean not to ding my local STC guys. (Welcome
back to the list. ;?)
Don't sweat it, Sean. As someone who knows what you got dinged for, has
seen your published output, and does the same exact thing (minus the
hard covers), I can honestly say that the people who judged your entry
didn't know what they were talking about. The point of getting an award
is moot, but the comments, well, they clearly indicate a complete lack
of understanding on part of your local STC judges of how monochrome
press (and single-sourcing) works.
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