Discusses layout changes in the Warwick high school yearbook, reflecting changes in the school system. (RB)

The speed at which printing was done during the wooden-press era (circa 1436-circa 1820) is of importance from both the economic and the bibliographic points of view. It is suggested that pertinent background material be gathered, before attempting to estimate the productivity of a plant. (63 references) (Author/NH)

This study was planned to explore the effect of two typographic factors on the perceived appeal of a printed page: typeface and leading." (Author)

Briefly looks at the impact of the phototypesetter on the printing industry and explains the basic operations involved in using a typesetting computer. (AA)

A look at the need for computer experts to better understand the problems of the tradition-bound printing industry in order to improve product quality. (AA)

Describes the special collection of the Saint Paul (Minnesota) Public Library, named in honor of former library director, Perrie Jones, which contains over 1,700 books that illustrate significant stages in the history of printing from the sixteenth to the twentieth century. (Author)

As a result of the new printing technology made possible by the computer, the defined division of labor between departments in the publishing industry is becoming less well-established. (KS)

Provides a decision table that uses the difference in online and offline printing charges for a specified format, and the online connect charges in a database, to determine which mode of printing will cost the least. Methods for eliminating duplicate citations in printouts from searches of multiple databases are also described. (CLB)

Discusses the current convention of putting only one space between sentences. Outlines reasons why existing reasons for only one space are not valid. (RS)

Outlines briefly the process by which the Fluxus community coalesced. Recounts the birthing of Something Else Press, Inc., and the transformation of aspects of the press' objectives into Printed Editions. Discusses the parallel concerns shared by Something Else Press and Fluxus publication activities as well as their divergent agendas and…

The "Technology Outlook Australian Tertiary Education 2013-2018: An NMC Horizon Project Regional Analysis" reflects a collaborative research effort between the New Media Consortium (NMC) and Open Universities Australia to help inform Australian educational leaders about significant developments in technologies supporting teaching,…

Word processing is part of every writer's set of competencies today, and as readers, their expectations of type have risen well beyond the old Courier font of typewriters. Yet only recently have writers had access to the thousands of different typefaces available today and had such power in making design choices. Type has been much studied and…

Article provided direction in printing and enlarging photographs. (RK)

The interplay of historical, technological, legal, and economic events that surrounded the strident controversies involving two competing 1890s composing machines--John R. Rogers's Typograph and Ottmar Mergenthaler's Linotype--is examined in this paper. Using patent copies, court documents, trade journal reports and newspaper articles of the era,…

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), who had set type by hand in his youth, had believed that a mechanical composer was beyond the realm of possibility. In 1880, however, he invested $2,000 in an early typesetter invented by James W. Paige. Both Clemens and Paige dreamed of immense wealth that would be generated by selling thousands of Paige Compositors.…