I know little about scanned technology. Is it possible to
proofread/fis the text once it has been scanned from the
original?
And I agree on the impressive production values on the small
press titles.
Ed
--- Ron Clinton <
clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:
> I do wish the Gryphon releases were of a higher
quality. I
> just picked up five releases -- four Harry
Whittingtons and
> one SIN PIT -- and the covers looks to be done by
ink- or
> laser-jet printer, and the text is scanned, not
reset. Where
> original, there are some typos -- I haven't checked
the other
> three Whittingtons, but the one I'm reading has the
wrong
> series number on the interior (should be 22, as per
the
> cover, not 2) and misspellings like "...get a does
of sudden >
death!" Not a big deal in the scheme of things, and I'm
> thrilled *someone's* reprinting Whittington, but for
$16 a
> pop, I do wish the quality was better. But, as
mentioned,
> since no one's reprinting Whittington, I suppose
beggars
> can't be choosers.
>
> The other presses mentioned do put a very
professional
> product, though I find Stark House's brilliant white
pages
> with comparatively small print rather difficult to
read for
> long stretches.
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