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typographer : print :: ? : film

Having our discussion on the narrative-communication diagram as it applied to Lady in the Lake so recently made the reading from The Grand Design even more striking with regards to the largely ignored role typography plays in the transmission of text. While reading the end of section 1.2.2, specifically the quote "Typographers, like other artists and craftsmen - musicians, composers and authors as well - must as a rule do their work and disappear," I was immediately reminded of all the film jobs that were suggested in class when we were trying to decide who the Real author of Lady in the Lake was.  read more »

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