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this is cool. I wonder what would motivate someone to do this over typewriting and photocopying to get same effect.

kleer001 6y ago
There's a kind of process-fetishism that runs through every branch of creative craft. For example some writers like Neil Gaiman love their fountain pens: https://www.notebookstories.com/2020/02/20/neil-gaiman-on-notebooks-and-fountain-pens/ https://www.notebookstories.com/2020/02/20/neil-gaiman-on-no...
- chrstphrknwtn 6y ago
  > process-fetishism I've not heard it put so succinctly before.
  - kleer001 6y ago
    Thanks :) I'm a craftsman/artist myself and it's taken this particular post to crystalline a life time of observation about fellow artists. Myself I couldn't give two shakes about how to get something done. But I've met plenty of fellows, at every level of production (more so at freshman levels because this kind of fetishism leads to less actual production being done as the fast and easy way is usually the less sexy way), that are gung ho about a certain verisimilitude process wise. For them, it seems to me, they don't think it's an honest or 'real' work unless it's done with a certain technique.
njharman 6y ago
Fuck typewriter. Use a typewriter font and laser printer.
mesh 6y ago
The creative process isnt just the end result, but also the process and medium.
readbeard 6y ago
Well, it wouldn't be the same effect. Similar, sure—but e.g. laser printing looks different from physically pressing an inked plate against a piece of paper. For one thing, you have the physical act of pressing; for another, you have different kinds of ink, and can do things like mix a color before you print instead of getting a bunch of CMYK dots. The difference is often subtle. But sometimes, it can be striking.
beowulfey 6y ago
as they say, sometimes it’s about the journey rather than the destination.
garysieling 6y ago
You can get cool textures with alternative printing techniques. The inks used in printmaking are also very pigmented, so you get very rich colors/blacks, as well as some pigments you wouldn't get in a typewriter (e.g. dayglo colors)

There's a kind of process-fetishism that runs through every branch of creative craft. For example some writers like Neil Gaiman love their fountain pens: https://www.notebookstories.com/2020/02/20/neil-gaiman-on-notebooks-and-fountain-pens/ https://www.notebookstories.com/2020/02/20/neil-gaiman-on-no...

chrstphrknwtn 6y ago
> process-fetishism I've not heard it put so succinctly before.
- kleer001 6y ago
  Thanks :) I'm a craftsman/artist myself and it's taken this particular post to crystalline a life time of observation about fellow artists. Myself I couldn't give two shakes about how to get something done. But I've met plenty of fellows, at every level of production (more so at freshman levels because this kind of fetishism leads to less actual production being done as the fast and easy way is usually the less sexy way), that are gung ho about a certain verisimilitude process wise. For them, it seems to me, they don't think it's an honest or 'real' work unless it's done with a certain technique.

njharman 6y ago

Fuck typewriter. Use a typewriter font and laser printer.

mesh 6y ago

The creative process isnt just the end result, but also the process and medium.

readbeard 6y ago

Well, it wouldn't be the same effect. Similar, sure—but e.g. laser printing looks different from physically pressing an inked plate against a piece of paper. For one thing, you have the physical act of pressing; for another, you have different kinds of ink, and can do things like mix a color before you print instead of getting a bunch of CMYK dots. The difference is often subtle. But sometimes, it can be striking.

beowulfey 6y ago

as they say, sometimes it’s about the journey rather than the destination.

garysieling 6y ago

You can get cool textures with alternative printing techniques. The inks used in printmaking are also very pigmented, so you get very rich colors/blacks, as well as some pigments you wouldn't get in a typewriter (e.g. dayglo colors)