The production end of graphic design was
so drastically different back then.
(I love posting about it.)
When I graduated from Art School, I was hired
as the assistant art director, at Success! Magazine.
One of my responsibilities was to "order the display type."
Back in the day, headlines & decks were
set on a machine called a typositor.
Lettering Directions is the company we used,
and some sassy lady named Fran
was my contact there.
Sometimes she would say things like:
"Ach, we're so busy today, people are waking-up
from the dead & ordering type!"
Is Fran alive somewhere, dreaming of heads & decks?
Caps & Small caps?
Fran?
2 comments:
beautiful lettering - priceless memory
This post reminded me of my first boss when I started at Hanscom AFB. Her name was/is Kay Brennan and she was just an amazing woman! I heard from an old co-worker a few years ago that Kay was in a nursing home, where I hope she's the life of the party, still!
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