> On 04 December 2016 at 21:05 John <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 12/4/2016 11:26 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 02 December 2016 at 21:59 Mark Roberts <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> mike wilson wrote: > >> > >>> There are much, much worse things to spend the money on. > >> > >> That was my thinking precisely. My cost for the book is about $175 and > >> I had a discount code for 40% off which brought it to around $120.00 > >> including shipping. I had to order a second book after making some > >> minor adjustments to 6 or 7 images after the test print. So my total > >> cost came to about $240.00. The experience of making a portfolio book > >> like this is far more beneficial (from an education/experience > >> standpoint alone) to my photography than any piece of camera gear or > >> software I could have bought for that amount. > >> > >> Incidentally, my costs included the purchase of the DOves Regular font > >> specifically for this project. The book is set entirely in this > >> typeface. If you haven't heard about it's a fascinating story: > >> http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21591793-legendary-typeface-gets-second-life-fight-over-doves > >> http://gizmodo.com/the-gorgeous-typeface-that-drove-men-mad-and-sparked-a-1686081182 > > > > I'm surprised any of the punches survived; either rust or the acid anaerobic > > conditions in the mud should have eroded them beyond use. > > > > Did any of the punches survive? In the images shown, it looked to me > like all they recovered were typeface slugs.
Re-reading the Gizmodo piece, I think they are confusing punches with type slugs. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
