Thursday, December 15, 2022
Quaker pamphlets
I have spent considerable time stewing about what to do about our Quaker pamphlet. I am pretty sure, since Maurine's passing, that I should go forward with it one way or another. It was one thing she felt strongly about, and so putting it out there is one thing I could do just for her and her memory. The question is, how.
In its present form it is imperfect, to say the least. The best word for it is "rustic," but some people actually kind of like the rustic nature of it. That's why I'm a little undecided. As a printer I know I could probably make it look better, somehow, though obivously I haven't mastered the technique. Part of the problem is that I ended up using pdf's for each page, and the writing came out a little blurry and that made me a little mad. Another problem is that it doesn't always totally line up. I would like the text to have a margin of about an inch on all four sides including the middle, where I need a little leeway to get the staple in there and not have the staple prevent you from reading it. It doesn't need page numbers, but it needs those gutters to be true and more uniform.
In terms of the content, there was some mention that it was not exactly in the right order, or could have been presented differently. I thought I'd think about that for a while, or at least open up the floor and see if anyone has any preference about the way it's presented. I remember thinking Maurine liked it the way it was, but I'm not sure and probably the best way is to just make sure it's how those of us who care want it to be. There is one small typo in it - a the very least I could fix that. There is also the matter of arranging the formatting so it takes up as little space as possible, in a Quakerly stingy way.
I've become confused about the postage issue, and my friend Margaret is right that the postage has gone up considerably. The cost of sending one or two is 60 cents, not 58. But they're also making it harder for me to use media mail, if not impossible, and I have to ask about that. What happens when I'm sending ten? Or twenty? The best way is to make a test run.
I think that's my plan. I'll make a test run, send ten somewhere, see what it costs, and then advertise.
Sound like a plan? Let's try!
In its present form it is imperfect, to say the least. The best word for it is "rustic," but some people actually kind of like the rustic nature of it. That's why I'm a little undecided. As a printer I know I could probably make it look better, somehow, though obivously I haven't mastered the technique. Part of the problem is that I ended up using pdf's for each page, and the writing came out a little blurry and that made me a little mad. Another problem is that it doesn't always totally line up. I would like the text to have a margin of about an inch on all four sides including the middle, where I need a little leeway to get the staple in there and not have the staple prevent you from reading it. It doesn't need page numbers, but it needs those gutters to be true and more uniform.
In terms of the content, there was some mention that it was not exactly in the right order, or could have been presented differently. I thought I'd think about that for a while, or at least open up the floor and see if anyone has any preference about the way it's presented. I remember thinking Maurine liked it the way it was, but I'm not sure and probably the best way is to just make sure it's how those of us who care want it to be. There is one small typo in it - a the very least I could fix that. There is also the matter of arranging the formatting so it takes up as little space as possible, in a Quakerly stingy way.
I've become confused about the postage issue, and my friend Margaret is right that the postage has gone up considerably. The cost of sending one or two is 60 cents, not 58. But they're also making it harder for me to use media mail, if not impossible, and I have to ask about that. What happens when I'm sending ten? Or twenty? The best way is to make a test run.
I think that's my plan. I'll make a test run, send ten somewhere, see what it costs, and then advertise.
Sound like a plan? Let's try!
