In message , Bryan Morris
writes
In message , Marland
writes
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 16:51:03 on Tue, 9 Feb 2021,
Recliner remarked:
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 09/02/2021 13:49, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 11:58:43 on Tue, 9 Feb 2021,
Graeme Wall remarked:
On 09/02/2021 11:11, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:51:33 on Tue, 9 Feb
2021,Â* Basil Jet remarked:

Â*One of the numerous sans serif typefaces, but definitely not
Johnston.

Â*I was a little surprised that "Sans Serif" as an April Fool, was the
lowest scoring one in yesterday's "Pointless", despite the really
heavyÂ* hints in the question about lower/upper case.

Where did the spaghetti harvest come?

Much higher (which surprised me because it was significantly earlier).

Circa 1957 IIRC whereas San Serif was in the 1970s.


Yes, 1977:

https://static.guim.co.uk/ni/1454601...e-special-repo


Of course, in that era before desktop publishing, few ordinary people knew
much about fonts, let alone about sans-serif font families.

You've forgotten about Letraset?

Did many people that would come under the heading of ordinary really know
about that product ?

Depends what you mean "ordinary" I recently threw away some old
Letraset I'd found

In the days before webprocessing and true type fonts (and in fact
before PCs) I used Letraset for headlines etc. in Newsletters I wrote
(typing the articles on strips of paper which were then stuck down in
columns to be photocopied for publication. I still have folders and
files with Letraset titles.

Then of course in the 70s I made loads of 8mm family movies. And the
titles, of course, were Letraset


It was useful in certain spheres such as model making or labels for control
panes etc especially prototype production, but although they did enter the
leisure market by introducing some products aimed at entertaining children
I don’t think it caught on that much. In comparison the generation
before and up to say the late 1960’s almost all had or knew someone with a
John Bull printing set and the inky fingers and surroundings that went
with it, many a parent must have looked on despondently on Christmas
morning as the present from Uncle Bert was opened knowing what was to come
and suspected he had lobbed this grenade into family unity on purpose.

Got my own back on a houseshare mate who had been particularly rumbustious
when a decade later I gave his 6 year old a small drum kit.

GH





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Bryan Morris

On 13:24 13 Feb 2021, Bryan Morris said:
In message , Bryan Morris
writes
In message , Marland
writes
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 16:51:03 on Tue, 9
Feb 2021, Recliner remarked:
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 09/02/2021 13:49, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 11:58:43 on Tue,
9 Feb 2021, Graeme Wall
remarked:
On 09/02/2021 11:11, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 09:51:33 on
Tue, 9 Feb 2021,Â* Basil Jet
remarked:

Â*One of the numerous sans serif typefaces, but
definitely not Johnston.

Â*I was a little surprised that "Sans Serif" as an April
Fool, was the lowest scoring one in yesterday's
"Pointless", despite the really heavyÂ* hints in the
question about lower/upper case.

Where did the spaghetti harvest come?

Much higher (which surprised me because it was significantly
earlier).

Circa 1957 IIRC whereas San Serif was in the 1970s.


Yes, 1977:

https://static.guim.co.uk/ni/1454601.../San-Serriffe-
special
-repo


Of course, in that era before desktop publishing, few ordinary
people knew much about fonts, let alone about sans-serif font
families.

You've forgotten about Letraset?

Did many people that would come under the heading of ordinary
really know about that product ?

Depends what you mean "ordinary" I recently threw away some old
Letraset I'd found

In the days before webprocessing and true type fonts (and in fact
before PCs) I used Letraset for headlines etc. in Newsletters I
wrote (typing the articles on strips of paper which were then
stuck down in columns to be photocopied for publication. I still
have folders and files with Letraset titles.

Then of course in the 70s I made loads of 8mm family movies. And
the titles, of course, were Letraset

Bryan maybe you were making smut movies before photos. Is there also
a movie of this disgusting treatment of women in your photo?

https://ibb.co/WNrpgwB

Is that you in a latex raincoat holding the leashes of two naked
women on all fours in the rain?