Lifting the burden of proof; Family Circle moves to all-digital production and finds an easier way to proof pages
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The Feb 2, 1993, issue of Family Circle (FC) magazine is claimed to be the first consumer magazine entirely proofed and printing from digital data with no intermediate film stages. The production of the issue is described at length. FC produced the magazine in conjunction with the magazine's service bureau, Applied Graphics Technologies (AGT), and printer, R.R. Donnelley. The process consisted of AGT using a Crosfield 646 drum scanner to scan four-color art produced on an Atex publishing system, return of digital color proofs to FC, manual paste-up of text with proofs, sending of completed pages to AGT, AGT using a Scitex Raystar to scan the paste-ups, composing of files on a Scitex Prisma Workstation, return of complete page proofs to FC for final approval and shipment of files on optical disk to Donnelley, which proofed the pages again and printed them. The proofing process and proofing and printing equipment employed are described. Advantages of a complete digital production process include improved detail, sharpness, contrast and color fidelity.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1993
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101 hot tips
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A poll of top experts creates the fourth annual roundup of 101 hot tips in the publishing industry. The seven sections include 'type and topography,' which presents tips for topics such as punctuation, kerning and Kanji print; 'presentations and integrated media,' which includes tips on topics such as improving charts and graphs and creating smooth text lines; 'graphics and illustration,' which includes tips for topics such as getting rid of banding, and scaling 3-D shapes; 'layout and design,' which includes aligning, viewing, rotating and several other page layout techniques; 14 'printing and imagesetting' tips; and 'setup and management,' which includes tips for increasing computer speed, cleaning screens and protecting monitors.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1991
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Typographer's bookshelf: books to put you in the know, typographically speaking
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Desktop publishers need to know how to attract and keep a reader's attention. One way to hold a reader is by using eye-catching yet easy-to-read typography. Most books deal with typography briefly, but some focus solely on this topic. The Typencylcopedia by Frank Romano is more than a convenient dictionary for those unfamiliar with typography terms. It also offers advice and examples from an expert. Desktop Typography with Quark Xpress by Romano helps find solutions to problems that frequently plague those without formal typographic training. Alex White's How to Spec Type illustrates, among other things, the practice of good typographic design. Other books cover such areas as making type legible and typographic criticism.
Publication Name: Publish
Subject: Publishing industry
ISSN: 0897-6007
Year: 1989
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