Chuck Bigelow's "who will write the most stupid thing on comp.fonts" contest inspired this, written in December 1994. Don Hosek published it in his typography magazine, _Serif._ I don't actually agree with most of this, but it's difficult to write a song with the message "stick to established traditions" when parodying Dylan. My copy of Simon and Garfunkel's _Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M._ got a good workout while I was writing this. For some reason Simon and Garfunkel have been a channel for me: in high school I wrote "Roger Sage and the _New York Times_ " to "Scarborough Fair". And, obviously, it was also related to "Times." This is either a weird coincidence or a profound insight into my innermost soul. * * * # The Times they are a-changing (Apologies to Mr. Zimmerman) Come type-aholics wherever you roam Look at old Times Roman sitting on its throne And accept it that soon you'll be sick of the drone Of old Stanley Morison's makings Still, you can do better than ITC Stone For the Times, they are a-changing Come draftsmen and artists who calligraph with the pen Break in your nibs now, the chance won't come again The type balls and wheels are no longer in spin Now lasers and inkjets are aiming The Linotypes have ceased their hot noisy din And the Times, they are a-changing Come Berthold, Adobe, Hell-Linotype all: Don't be too surprised if we break your cabal The whole design world we've worked to enthrall Your efforts we are upstaging It may look to you like just chicken-scratch scrawl But the Times, they are a-changing Come old-fashioned designers all over the land And don't rasterize what you can't understand Carson and Deck are beyond your command Hermann Zapf is rapidly aging We're progressing beyond Carolingian hand And the Times, they are a-changing The line it is drawn, the metal is cast Yet laser and film are proved to be fast Though old-timers often have been struck aghast At the poor amateurs masquerading We've all broken through the typographer's caste For the Times, they are a-changing For the Times, they are a-changing * * * The penultimate paragraph used to begin as follows: Come old-fashioned designers all over the land And don't criticize what you can't understand Segura and Carson are beyond your command I think it's better this way, and not inconsistent with what it might have been like in 1994 had I thought of it. (No change in preference is intended by referring to Mr. Deck instead of Mr. Segura -- the change merely improves the meter.)

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Most #transit systems see “wrapping” buses and trains with advertising as … well, free money. But does it detract from the riders’ experience? Denver’s transit system thinks so and is stopping the ads. Will this make a difference? Yes, if the system follows with a hundred other ways of making buses and trains a better experience. https://denverite.com/2025/10/29/denver-rtd-bans-window-wrap-advertising/