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Ivy Strickler <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 1 Feb 1996 13:15:49 -0500
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An anecdote:

On Jan 30, 1996 09:28:28, [log in to unmask] wrote:

>[...] it was a lot easier to teach an English major about
>computers than it was to teach computer programmers how to write [...]

When typesetting first shifted from hot metal to computer/photo output, the
typehouses found it was easier to teach photographers how to set type than
to teach "blacksmiths" how photo worked.
Ivy Fleck Strickler                     Phone 215-895-1637
Drexel University                       Fax 215-895-4917
Nesbitt College of Design Arts          [log in to unmask]
Philadelphia, PA 19104

"Never forget that life is like a Fellini movie, and you're getting to see
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