[Ed Shapiro]

SAMPLING OF TYPE In the good old days of portraiture, the photography of babies and children constituted a goodly portion of the portrait studio’s income. Really great studies of children were the domain of the experienced professional portraitist. This public conception of the professional portrait photographer was further enhanced by the success of pros like Constance Banister (of The Banister Babies fame) and Joseph Schneider, who’s photographs appeared on just about every baby product ever made and graced- End of sample!

My goodness! I really did not know! Y'all have to excuse me because I really did not know that I could convert the typeface right here without even going back to WORD. See- I did dat!

Before the days of digital photography the computer in my office was simply and office appliance to write letters, writing bills and invoices, doing accounting and keeping track of inventory- not an artistic instrument. My electric pencil sharpener on the retouching desk was more important and indispensable to me that the computer. I was a latecomer to the bloody thing which we all have become dependent on, not only for office procedures but more importantly, the very production of our work. Even to this day, I still consider myself a computer klutz and still haven't found out about all of the functions and shortcuts. Accept for PhotoShop I am a computer dummy especially when I compare my skills to those of my 14, 13, and 11 year old grandchildren. The only one I can beat out is the 3 year old but I think she is doing keyboarding in pre-school!

The only thing I can boast about is my 90 WPM speed which is a left over from my amateur radio days on the teletype machine. Accuracy? Lets not talk about that!

Wow! Is this ever fun, Thank y'all for you kind words and advice.




So from now on, if anyone doesn't like my typography, simply select all- pick your own type face and size and fix it yourself, as per your own taste before attempting to read. Just like coffee!So from now on, if anyone doesn't like my typography, simply select all- pick your own type face and size and fix it yourself, as per your own taste before attempting to read. Just like coffee! SEE- How cool is that?

Ed