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Do you prefer hand-written or typed?

I'm thinking of writing my first perzine. I was wondering anyone's thoughts on whether they prefer perzines to be neatly handwritten (maybe making it more personnel?) or typed...

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Permalink Reply by Jenny on April 18, 2011 at 2:37am

I used to do all hand-written, but that was when I was young and much more agile. I had to type up the first issue of my latest zine. Although I do love the look of a handwritten zine, it's pretty painful to do...at least for me.

Permalink Reply by Molly Ramdon on August 22, 2011 at 4:14am

BOTH...I also like small sketches :D it makes me feel like am reading a high school note from my sister :D

Permalink Reply by Aaron Denzel Akeredolu on August 22, 2011 at 11:46am

Personally i've always been more bias and receptive towards fonts and mediums of text which are very personal and intimate,mainly because i feel as though perzines should employ the utmost intimate connection with the supposed reader whereby every aspect of the particular from text to layout to images should all work towards embodying the sentiments portrayed in the perzine,where the border connection between is only that sheet of paper.So handwritten text is usually a go for me and typewritten is pretty sweet as well as it employs that archaic aesthetic which is associated with which typewriters are associated with.

Permalink Reply by Molly Ramdon on August 26, 2011 at 4:24am

after ALL THAT i did my 1st issue ALL handwritten...cause it was fun...i thought it was gonna be a pain in the arsenal but no it was....almost....relaxing LOL :D LOVED IT!!