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Out of sorts, part 1

Four-frame cartoon. The top three frames are labelled “Somewhere in Europe in the mid-15th century*.” (The asterisk leads the reader to the bottom of the cartoon, which says, “Not historically accurate.”) Frame 1: Two workers are in a print studio with a type case and a Gutenberg-style press. One says, “I don’t have enough esses to finish typesetting this page!” The other says, “We’ll have to improvise.” Frame 2: The second worker reaches into the type case and pulls out an italic f. He says, “This kind of looks like an ess? Maybe we’ll have to file the crossbars off a bunch of effs.” Frame 3: The first worker says, “Good thinking! Let’s do it. But aren’t you concerned that might confuse future OCR systems?” The second worker says, “Future what?” Frame 4 is labelled “Present day.” Curly-haired editor and Bespectacled editor are at a table, working. Curly-haired editor says, “How’s your proofread going?” Bespectacled editor says, “You mean the catalogue of the fcience books publifhed during the Renaifsance? Abfolutely fpectacularly.”
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Author Iva CheungPosted on October 1, 2024September 30, 2024Format ImageCategories Book publishing, Editing, Editors, ProofreadingTags Comics, Long sLeave a comment on Out of sorts, part 1

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