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 Young3d ago
@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?
Show threadJames Young
@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.
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