Re: A prediction about the Presidential campaign

On Sat, 02 Feb 2008 18:51:55 -0500, mike weber <fairportfan@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

It becomes somewhat apparent that you are neither print nor
graphics-oriented.

The layout and design - including typography and how the type
interacts with graphic elements - are a major part of the production
process in true print media, which the fanzine, to a great extent,
even if distributed online, still mostly is.

If i go to the trouble to make the thing look good - whether i make it
easier or harder to read in the process - then the font and layout may
not be "the maion things of value", but certainly they are a
significant part of the whole experience.

I'm not, actually, surprised that you fail to grasp this.

If the fanzine is primarily print, and the Web site is an extra, then
it makes sense to post the same files that you sent to the printer, if
they are files that random people can use to print out a duplicate of
what you printed out.

But if the Web is the primary means of distribution, and if you don't
expect anyone to print the document, then you should not use a format
that isn't at all suited to being read on a screen.

There are many graphics formats that work fine on monitors -- you
don't have to press a paper-document format into service.

--
Joy Beeson
joy beeson at comcast dot net
.

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