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Originally Posted by Moejoe
I couldn't give a gnat's chuff how it's layed out, or what typographical jiggery-pokery is going on
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And your philistinism doesn't matter
at all. There is a right way to do books, and the fact that some people have delusions that it doesn't matter is irrelevant.
Just the same way as your lack of concern about colour-coordinating interior design shouldn't make those who maintain public spaces start painting everything purple and neon-green.
Just the same way that your lack of concern about cinematography shouldn't make editors start doing a shittier job of cutting TV shows and movies.
Just the same way that your lack of concern about architecture shouldn't make the contractors building your house ignore the building code.
Be proudly contrary if it makes you feel good... but it would be better not to pretend that your "I don't give a shit about typography" view on the subject is somehow insightful or enlightened.
Typography is inseparable from books, and despite what the embarrassingly shitty eBook technology of today might make people believe... typography will not become any less relevant in our lifetime--not for any readership publishers actually care about.
But then again, in 2 years everybody will be publishing books themselves in the cloud from helium balloons with publishers long-disappeared in a puff of ill-conceived logic... I guess that's why I'm wrong about all of this.
- Ahi