Mysteries of vernacular: Miniature - Jessica Oreck
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Miniature’s root may be Latin, but its meaning is rooted in books, where red pigment was used to denote chapter breaks. Jessica Oreck explains how we got from there to the meaning of miniature today: something smaller than others of its class.
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How do you think contemporary printing and publishing have changed the way we value texts?
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Foodie Madoodie
Foodie Madoodie
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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I think we have less respect for any physical text now. When they were difficult to create, they had a value related to their scarcity. Now they are everywhere and we pay very little attention to them unless we are actively reading them. With the digitization of everything, book design is becoming a less and less respected art.
