http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence Publishing, Technology, and the Future of the Academy Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:10:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/three-texts/documents-e-books-pages/#comment-157 Planned Obsolescence » The Rise of the Landscape Web Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:09:02 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=131#comment-157 [...] portrait layout, partially because of the limitations of screen width and partially because of the rear-view mirrorism that caused us to think about these new digital forms as “pages.” That concept has [...] [...] portrait layout, partially because of the limitations of screen width and partially because of the rear-view mirrorism that caused us to think about these new digital forms as “pages.” That concept has [...]

]]> http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/three-texts/documents-e-books-pages/#comment-139 Kathleen Fitzpatrick Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:40:48 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=131#comment-139 Oh, excellent point, Dorothea -- thanks! Oh, excellent point, Dorothea — thanks!

]]> http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/three-texts/documents-e-books-pages/#comment-104 Dorothea Salo Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:28:11 +0000 http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/mcpress/plannedobsolescence/?page_id=131#comment-104 It may be worth pointing out that the transition to print underwent a similar rear-view mirrorism: consider, for example, the history of the typeface, which started as a (rather brutish and ugly) aping of the manuscript hand, but soon developed its own design canons that were for the most part wholly divorced from handwriting. It may be worth pointing out that the transition to print underwent a similar rear-view mirrorism: consider, for example, the history of the typeface, which started as a (rather brutish and ugly) aping of the manuscript hand, but soon developed its own design canons that were for the most part wholly divorced from handwriting.

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