Stone ToolsMar 28

🪨 Aldus PageMaker on the Apple Macintosh 🛠️

It wasn't the first desktop publishing app, but it was the first of importance. I use it to rebuild the 40-year defunct #OMNI Magazine, resurrect a 40-year defunct software rivalry, and examine how the effects of the publishing revolution trickled through the public sector.

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Aldus PageMaker on the Apple Macintosh

While resurrecting a 40-year old defunct magazine, I accidentally-on-purpose resurrect a 40-year old software rivalry.

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Show threadJames Young
@stonetoolsblog about the Omni font, and requests for improvements:
Have you already scoured the scans at the Internet Archive?
What kind of DPI are you looking for?
Have you posted a list of what you've already looked at?
Apr 3 at 4:28amWeb
Show threadJames Young2d ago
@stonetoolsblog 1. I have a paper copy of August 1980 on hand. I'll look into scanning it.
2. You could reach out to Ellen Datlow on Bluesky. She might have ideas.
Show threadStone Tools2d ago

@pronoiac I did a poor job explaining what I've done so far. On I.A. there are two types of scans: PDFs and .cbr files. I used the .cbr files as the PDFs are absolutely terrible quality. The .cbrs are still bad, but "usably bad" I guess.

My ideal would be greyscale flatbed scans at 1200dpi of the OMNI font headers and drop-caps. The scans only need to focus on the font in question. I should make a character table to catalog scan acquisitions, and call out specific issues of interest. 🤔