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From: Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com>
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Subject: scanned from Rolling Stone, 1972
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:06:29 +0000 (UTC)
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Large piece, printed on a wide line printer, then used in Rolling
Stone in 1972. This uses overprinting to get dark colors, but does
not, say, advance by half-lines or use tightly spaced characters.

Regular page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elithebearded/7497705348/

2048 pixel (scaled down to) image to make out individual characters:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7497705348_a76e2a8e6b_k.jpg

The image in Rolling Stone is bigger than my scanner, so, this is
cropped to the scanner size.

The article it goes with has nothing about how the image was made,
but does talk a lot about computers. Good read to see some
predictions that came true, eg:

    Since huge quantities of information can be computer-digitalized
    and transmitted, music researchers could, for example, swap
    records over the Net with "essentially perfect fidelity." So
    much for record stores (in present form).

Earlier in the article the size of the "Net" is estimated at 20
computers in 1972.

Elijah
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