Wednesday, July 02, 2025

I've gotten spoiled

The default printer paper and copier paper is good heavyweight stuff, and the fonts have been massaged for maximum readability on screen or print. Copies are crisp, and even single-spaced type is easy to read.

I got a binder of my parents' letters, mostly from '64-'66 (one from '54). Some are handwritten; some were typed on various typewriters. Most were on thin paper, others on airmail letter forms. Bleeding was a bit of an issue. Some were carbon copies. Remember those? Blurry lettering. And the typewriter spacing put lines just a hair too close together--the blogger composition screen is much easier to read. I guess maximizing the number of words per page was key. From the looks of one of the typewriter fonts, that's the only excuse I have for it.

I'd forgotten. That's what I grew up with, and didn't think anything of it then.

3 comments:

Assistant Village Idiot said...

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Korora said...

I remember in fifth grade writing a report on the typewriter.

Grim said...

I wrote my now-wife love letters on very good stationary stock I bought to impress her, with very good ink. Sadly, I myself wrote them, so they are basically not legible. Especially not after decades since I saw any cursive.