Comments on: In the Archives: U. of M. Too Vulgar?

By: cosmonıcan

cosmonıcan — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:23:09 +0000

A new resource for people who want to see old printing processes. Not open yet, but here's a vid from channel 7: [link]

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:49:47 +0000

Interesting idea Dave…..strangely enough next column deals with a ritual very similar to the one you describe… :)

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:44:41 +0000

Laura, Could the mystery photo be of “Banner Day”?
In the 1890′s the class rivalries found expression in the “banner scrap.” In fall, several weeks after the opening of college, on a designated Friday, the freshmen would gather about the flagpole to defend their banner against the sophomore class. The struggle lasted until the sophomores captured the freshman banner or until such time as the freshmen had been able to defend it for at least thirty minutes. After the contest, both classes continued to indulge their competitive zest, largely in an attempt to force members of the other class up trees.

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:10:10 +0000

Yeah, Hollander’s, duh. That’s a strange thing to dredge up from my subconscious.

By: Marvin Face

Marvin Face — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:18:24 +0000

Did you mean Hollander’s? Englander’s was the furniture store on State, as I recall.

By: Rod Johnson

Rod Johnson — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:33:12 +0000

Given the turn this discussion has taken, I feel as if I have to post this: [link] Kyle Durrie, with some Kickstarter help, has put his letterpress in a van and is driving around the country giving demos and printing things for people. The Tour is coming through Kalamazoo, Flint and Detroit in two weeks (but mysteriously not Ann Arbor--I can't believe Englander's isn't on this). If you're interested in type, this could be a really fun thing to take in.

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:56:00 +0000

Now that's a pity. Seems like the poor beleaguered em dash has fallen from its heyday a century or so ago to become an endangered species these days. It does have its foes; viz., this Slate article: "Em dashes--why writers should use them more sparingly": [link]

By: Jim Rees

Jim Rees — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:29:57 +0000

Craig’s List uses the antiquated ISO 8859-1 character set, now generally considered obsolete. There is no way to represent an em dash in this character set.

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:12:31 +0000

Double hyphens, bah. It’s a beauty, a real treasure. Hope it finds a good caretaker to preserve it on its ongoing long journey down through history.

By: cosmonıcan

cosmonıcan — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 16:03:41 +0000

My press can now be seen by the curious on Craig’s List, For Sale, Antiques, and Arts & Crafts. My M-dashes were automatically converted by them to double hyphens—I guess the people at Craig’s List are not the sort to extend their pinkies while drinking tea.