RIP James Amar
I was saddened to hear the news that T&G copy editor James Amar had passed away. I don't know the details, but he had been in poor health for some time. Still, it was a bit of a shock. It always is.
James was one of the people who taught me the fundamentals of newspaper page layout, back when I was laying out the Montachussett Telegram & Gazette twice a week (in the days way, way before the Telegram Towns papers.) I found the process insufferably slow, at the time, and took much better to computer pagination, which James never really took to. Still, I owe him a lot for those early training sessions, and I don't think I ever told him that.
Mostly, I'll be happy to stick with computer pagination. It suits the way my mind works. But I do still keep a pica stick and proportion wheel in my desk, just in case, and I'll probably always think of him when I come across them.
James was one of the people who taught me the fundamentals of newspaper page layout, back when I was laying out the Montachussett Telegram & Gazette twice a week (in the days way, way before the Telegram Towns papers.) I found the process insufferably slow, at the time, and took much better to computer pagination, which James never really took to. Still, I owe him a lot for those early training sessions, and I don't think I ever told him that.
Mostly, I'll be happy to stick with computer pagination. It suits the way my mind works. But I do still keep a pica stick and proportion wheel in my desk, just in case, and I'll probably always think of him when I come across them.
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