With the advent of inhouse typesetting, scanners and email – out went the Rotring pens, Magic Markers and even the fax machine”
Around 1990 I remember a new piece of kit arriving in the office: the AppleMac - with something called QuarkXpress on it. Up until then all type was cast off – and delivered by motorbike in galley proofs from the typesetter by Deep Purple loving bikers from companys such as Pony Express. With the advent of inhouse typesetting, scanners and email – out went the Rotring pens, Magic Markers and even the fax machine.
That was then and this is now – since then I've moved into journalism. Some three decades on most offices have a colour printer, the internet has transformed publishing and 3D printing has arrived. Sign-making in particular has dramatically altered with the most stunning visuals cloaking entire buildings or lighting up the night sky – and even the most modest firm can have brilliant livery on their vans.