Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA00157 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Fri, 9 Feb 2001 14:11:23 GMT Subject: Re: Labels for memes Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 09:08:01 -0500 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas Est Veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20010209140700.AAA20696@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 02/09/01 04:11, Robin Faichney said this-
>The main example of
>that is print. Exactly how the final print is achieved is more-or-less
>irrelevant.
I'm sure a legion of graphic designers and publishing technicians would
hesitate to agree with this. Not that there is anything basically wrong
with saying the final print product is irrelevant to the information
contained therein, but, it's a woefully incomplete statement.
IMHO the aesthetics of the appearance of the printed word is impactedly
relevant to the transmission of the information.
And, to what degree the mechanics of printing are involved, well, form
follows function....
Permit me to say that there is indeed a very large connection between how
the final print is achieved and the perception and retention of the
information.
- Wade
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