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I was curious how they did the typesetting of the computer generated graphics back then. Printers weren't really a thing.
by bb88 5y ago
I was curious how they did the typesetting of the computer generated graphics back then. Printers weren't really a thing.
- 2bitlobster 5y agohttps://houseind.com/hi/photolettering https://houseind.com/hi/photolettering
- mateo1 5y agoIt could be just a high contrast photograph. I know that at some point they used to wait for all the vectors to be drawn on a CRT with a "permanent"-resettable phosphor and then take a photo with everything on it, clear the screen, and start drawing the next frame. Fun stuff.
- bb88 5y agoYour thought intrigued me and I wanted to look further. https://piratefsh.github.io/2019/01/07/computer-art-history-part-1.html https://piratefsh.github.io/2019/01/07/computer-art-history-... https://piratefsh.github.io/2019/01/07/computer-art-history-part-2.html https://piratefsh.github.io/2019/01/07/computer-art-history-... So there were plotters, which would need to be photographed, like you were talking about, but there's also this: > And then they were the electronic or microfilm plotters. It works in a similar way as the mechanical plotter, but instead of a pen, it uses an electron beam and instead of paper, it “draws” on microfilm. The idea is that it plots an electron beam in a cathode ray tube, runs it through a camera lens system, which records these beams onto microfilm. I think of it like how a CRT display works, but it also exposes light onto film. The microfilm can then be viewed via a microfilm reader, printed or even animated."