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That is absolutely wonderful. I still think we should be producing books like that. There is NOTHING which replicates the feel of a book made using a linotype
by chrisjsmith 15y ago
That is absolutely wonderful. I still think we should be producing books like that. There is NOTHING which replicates the feel of a book made using a linotype.
I think recently, since anyone can publish stuff any old junk cheaply on that scale, that the quality of books has declined.
- bioh42_2 15y agoI don't think humans should be doing the text entry, too much room for human error. But of computers enter the text and then the printing is still done by cast metal, you could have an interesting business. I am sure that will be more expensive, but will people be willing to pay a premium?
- chrisjsmith 15y agoHumans did fine with tippex and typewriters years ago. The delete key is a modern luxury. People were much better at typing accurately back then.
- zandorg 15y agoComputer search technology makes it so the amount of information available doesn't matter, as you can trim down the results from millions to tens. So that's not an issue anymore.
- chrisjsmith 15y agoInformation != Literature. Literature is just a bunch of toilet paper these days. Information is already concise and our search engines aren't that good at filtering it out yet (in fact I think they are mainly rubbish).