I want to offer an alter­nate solu­tion by point­ing to the fol­low­ing: the news­pa­per, wood-pulp paper, the fast/continuous press, the tele­graph, the type­writer, car­bon paper, half-tone pho­to­graphic repro­duc­tions, lith­o­g­ra­phy and off­set print­ing, the mimeo­graph, the file cab­i­net.

—and I’m interested in hearing more about all of that. Who were some of the key figures? The important engineers and practitioners? Who’s the father of halftone, and what was the first publication that really rocked it halftone-style? (Not actually posing these questions to you; just saying them out loud b/c it’s what’s running through my head.)