sun, 01-jan-2006, 15:31

I just finished Chappell and Bringhurst's A Short History of the Printed Word (Second edition). It's a good review of book publishing from pre-Gutenberg up to the present, and has lots of great photos of old books and typefaces. Near the end, Bringhurst discusses the decline in the quality of books:

The degradation of the book goes hand in hand with the destruction of the forests, the pollution of the water, the pollution of the air. It is one more way of reaping profits now and leaving nothing to the people of the future. (page 296)

Indeed.

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