Comments on: 3 Beautiful Retro Photographic Manuals http://www.typesett.com/2009/03/3-beautiful-retro-photographic-manuals/ Your AMUSING Resource for Useful Design, Typography and Web Dev Articles Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:46:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: 3 Beautiful Retro Photographic Manuals : Design Newz http://www.typesett.com/2009/03/3-beautiful-retro-photographic-manuals/comment-page-1/#comment-45 3 Beautiful Retro Photographic Manuals : Design Newz Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:48:24 +0000 http://www.typesett.com/?p=447#comment-45 [...] 3 Beautiful Retro Photographic Manuals [...] [...] 3 Beautiful Retro Photographic Manuals [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.typesett.com/2009/03/3-beautiful-retro-photographic-manuals/comment-page-1/#comment-40 admin Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:56:54 +0000 http://www.typesett.com/?p=447#comment-40 Thanks Michael! You gotta look closely but the damage is there. I do admit since some of the black text was fading losing contrast, I had to color correct just a bit so that the black on the diagrams had more punch so the yellowing is reduced a bit. At another job of mine we tried to look for somebody who did hand-painted letterforms for us to a custom menu for a restaurant. We never found a person so we found a silk screen pro who screened our concepts for us. However, it totally loses that "human trying to paint a letterform" look that designers love... Thanks Michael! You gotta look closely but the damage is there. I do admit since some of the black text was fading losing contrast, I had to color correct just a bit so that the black on the diagrams had more punch so the yellowing is reduced a bit.

At another job of mine we tried to look for somebody who did hand-painted letterforms for us to a custom menu for a restaurant. We never found a person so we found a silk screen pro who screened our concepts for us. However, it totally loses that “human trying to paint a letterform” look that designers love…

]]> By: Michael Gaudet http://www.typesett.com/2009/03/3-beautiful-retro-photographic-manuals/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Michael Gaudet Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:16:26 +0000 http://www.typesett.com/?p=447#comment-38 Jack, I totally GET what you mean when you say "they all have a certain flavor that the computer age pretty much ended." Books sure have that tattered appeal. Mind you, my monitor is a bit beat off looking, but I do not detect any curling, weathering or yellowing there! I see that you are getting some serious depth of field with your photos. Suggests to me that you are not enslaved to a digital auto-focus. BTW, I am an artist/designer/inventor. You can see some of my artwork @ http://artaffectsdesign.com/mgaudet.htm As a sidebar, I am old-school re: typography. I actually 'hand-paint' letters on big signs. It's a dying art...all CG vinyl now...but I'm still pretty busy with it along with murals, etc. Jack, I totally GET what you mean when you say “they all have a certain flavor that the computer age pretty much ended.” Books sure have that tattered appeal.
Mind you, my monitor is a bit beat off looking, but I do not detect any curling, weathering or yellowing there!
I see that you are getting some serious depth of field with your photos.
Suggests to me that you are not enslaved to a digital auto-focus.
BTW, I am an artist/designer/inventor.
You can see some of my artwork @ http://artaffectsdesign.com/mgaudet.htm
As a sidebar, I am old-school re: typography. I actually ‘hand-paint’ letters on big signs. It’s a dying art…all CG vinyl now…but I’m still pretty busy with it along with murals, etc.

]]> By: Lydia http://www.typesett.com/2009/03/3-beautiful-retro-photographic-manuals/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Lydia Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:38:26 +0000 http://www.typesett.com/?p=447#comment-32 Very cool. Very cool.

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