From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 680E128BD3 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2024 04:26:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBCDE42363; Thu, 10 Oct 2024 12:26:51 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tuhs.org; s=dkim; t=1728527211; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding:list-id:list-help: list-owner:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=aIFH1c/Udzj5Uce+LWnbNeuvxr9+y0xgsdgZb2PeGWI=; b=5CYX+qX62kAM9Qq87n+wyBmYTOVpOsPJrObNBR6/MDsoMVG/GaENN+G/DRNvz/LFBQYMeh UuFKFtsJau9m2bmzoUUZpGNav2kmhFyq13339Hm/m4s66IuvqlyT33YzAKlL6vg0IOsldi /BAvMPBdJLKxASNloaM6HuCPo/aMN2Q= Received: from mail-4319.protonmail.ch (mail-4319.protonmail.ch [185.70.43.19]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B9A6A4235E for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2024 12:26:43 +1000 (AEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1728527201; x=1728786401; bh=aIFH1c/Udzj5Uce+LWnbNeuvxr9+y0xgsdgZb2PeGWI=; h=Date:To:From:Subject:Message-ID:Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date: Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID:Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=iNITNqOovXQACMoHBsR+akWpbpeHiXoioVXvDgQgeV4Kam1I1eOHi4xcSP7IITmPm lh+4TWzdYqW0JZv9wD7W803UJuhuyfHdi5UCdtACdlM5o9XYgailVGq2F89mW74M/K nGARS8UPopZp/WIlnJpSUaq59vSZ6igIk3tSio8l/3duSFAiLSEAuxUGo6Ae816AaR xm6IVuzbC62swMmRSOCsuglzb6wrN9X3HrpfLE9+VnrSil6JNlUp5DUDuZODcprGbS J/Ga1/rQzIUSSvNrjm6dxOiGNOoXYIxhUnQcI9pY023Nu1Z6ZmopcF+Lx9r4VGTc2N cbO+f5Cv/8NOQ== Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:26:38 +0000 To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Message-ID: Feedback-ID: 35591162:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: e3f960910e226dc21c45ad791eea0bb6a5a12531 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID-Hash: 3DYIOTGYVRTR3VHWUD76E3ZYL46YNZEN X-Message-ID-Hash: 3DYIOTGYVRTR3VHWUD76E3ZYL46YNZEN X-MailFrom: segaloco@protonmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] BTL Involvement in Publication Imagery? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: From: segaloco via TUHS Reply-To: segaloco So in the course of AT&T's involvement with UNIX, a number of different ima= ges and motifs have graced advertisements and covers of literature, among t= hem: - Letter Blocks (V7 HRW manuals, Release 4.0 Starter Packages) - Criss-crossing grid lines on a black background (Release 5.0/SVR1) - Variations on an image of earth with UNIX superimposed (SVR3/SVR4) - Covers mirroring publication motifs of other AT&T products and literature= (SVR2/SVR3) Did the folks actually involved in the production of UNIX have any influenc= e on the choice of design motifs for such materials, or would those sorts o= f decisions have been largely in the hands of marketing folks several layer= s removed from the Labs? My understanding is that this sort of visual branding started in the early = 80s, with the earliest example of a printed piece of UNIX literature outsid= e of generic Bell Laboratories covers I'm aware of being the "Starter Packa= ge" documents featuring UNIX spelled out on four letter blocks in primary c= olors. Everything I've seen branded predating these 1981 publications is e= ither 8.5/11 pages in a Bell Labs or Western Electric report cover or the f= orm factor of the Release 3.0 manual using generic Bell Labs covers. I'm c= ertainly intrigued if anyone has any recollection of any sort of visual mot= ifs in play prior to 1981. - Matt G.