u/LazyEmergency

I chose Freight Text Pro Light for the body copy. Now that the book is done, the client asked me if I could make the text a "darker black." I explained how ink works, but I think she means a heavier weight. I could update the Paragraph Style and change it to Freight Text Pro Book, but of course, that will make nearly everything re-flow. There are 250 photos in the book, with captions, as well as tables, all done in Freight Sans Book, which I'd have to bump up to Medium.

Not sure why I'm posting – partly to vent, and partly to ask what you would do in this situation. I've told her it would take a LOT more hours to re-do everything, and I've also asked her to wait until we get a high-quality proof before making a final decision. I also said that the time to have asked for this change was several months ago, when she first saw the design. Argh.

Any thoughts on the significance of the book Beard was reading in S04E02?

I heard the employees were notified on a Thursday and the business closed on a Friday. Three locations out of four are now closed.

I've tried telling her you can't just change a photo's resolution in Photoshop and have it magically improve the quality. This is what she emailed me today:

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"My husband used one of his iPhone softwares to make the lines clearer. I then uploaded that version into PhotoShop (sic), printed it and then scanned the printed copy at 600 resolution”

Anybody have a good analogy so I can make it make sense to her?

I want to create a visual list of all the styles in my document. So far, I've created a new document with several paragraphs of placeholder text, then applied each Style and labeled each paragraph with the Style name. It would be nice to also have the basic attributes listed as well (font & size at minimum). Is there an easier way to do this?

First stop yesterday was 45 miles away and the whole route was 115 miles. Base pay 😡

Basically the title. I think the debit card would be a great way to manage my discretionary spending. For example, I could put $300/month in there and that would be my walking around money for the month. So can I choose which payouts go to the card and which go to my bank?

Maybe my expectations were too high, but I doubt I'll ever go back to the Loft's open air cinema. Here's why:

Sound: There are no speakers. They give you these cheap headphones like the ones you get on an airplane. I don't know if they have any sort of cleaning protocol for the headsets between patrons.

You plug the headphones into a little box that transmits the audio. My friend and I had to exchange our transmitters because they were so static-y. Other audience members were complaining of the same thing. The controls on the transmitters are non-intuitive – volume control is done with the left and right buttons instead of up and down. There are up and down buttons on the boxes, but I don't know what they're supposed to do. We had to keep turning on our phones' flashlights to see the buttons. During loud parts of the movie, the sound in the headphones is too loud, then you have to turn it back up during the quieter parts. I was constantly fiddling with the volume, and getting tangled up with the cord.

I was told they use the headphones because the Loft is in a residential area and the sound would disturb the neighbors. More than the cars racing down Speedway, though? And then there's the noise of the HVAC or some other generator-like machine that comes from behind the screen, so once again I had to keep tweaking the volume on my headset. Super annoying, and it took me out of the film's story.

Comfort: The area is outfitted with plastic Adirondack chairs that are low to the ground. Getting in and out of them is a chore if you have the slightest mobility restriction - I had to help my 87-year-old friend out of hers. She complained at how hard they were on her back as well. They're angled in such a way that you have to kind of tilt your head forward to see the screen, which gave me a stiff neck holding it in that position for two hours. If you tilt your head backwards and rest it on the back of the chair, you have to look down your nose to see the screen. Not great if you wear glasses. There are some hard plastic benches in the far back that are marked as handicapped/disabled seats. I can't imagine they're much better.

The floor is covered in shaggy astroturf. I'm not sure if it's actually adhered to the floor - it kind of felt like it was bunched up in areas. Hard to navigate for my elderly friend.

I love going to outdoor movies because it's a communal experience, and you take the ambient noise and weather as part of the deal. Sitting in an enclosed area that's only open on top, where everyone has their own audio in their headphones is isolating rather than communal.

By the time I bring a pillow for my back, another for my head, my own noise-cancelling headphones, and my own snacks (they wanted $10 for a 1/4 cup of ice cream!), I might as well stay home.

tl;dr It's not really "open air," the sound is shitty, the chairs are uncomfortable, and you might trip on the astroturf.

Pulled up in front of the Co-op yesterday and tried to plug a quarter into the meter. It took my coin, but didn't register on the meter. I was popping in to get one thing, and it would have taken me longer to deal with the parking app than it would to get that one thing. Welp, I got a ticket. $40!

I'm wondering if it's worth it to contest. They can't force people to use the app, right? Not everyone has a smart phone.