[HN Gopher] Flyers, and Blogs from the Golden Age
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       Flyers, and Blogs from the Golden Age
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 7 points
       Date   : 2022-03-23 12:09 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | h2odragon wrote:
       | > almost all had 1990s-era WordArt, default fonts, and generous
       | amounts of spelling mistakes. I always wondered why people put so
       | little effort into the design;
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       | For them it was _a lot of effort_ ; and that was why they looked
       | at it and thought it must be good.
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       | I once helped people with little money but much passion to
       | communicate their urgent thoughts to others, via flyers,
       | newsletters, and BBSen and the internet when that happened.
       | They'd spend a day writing the message and then a week making it
       | impenetrable via layout, and often couldn't be talked out of the
       | "every option available" forms.
        
         | ajsnigrutin wrote:
         | Also, printing software (design software for stuff to print)
         | was a thing back then, and sold a lot, eg:
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxL7-XLGfDg
        
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