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How this zine is produced -- the text is set using \TeX, a¨
mathematical textbook typesetting system that runs on my IBM PC.¨
It's not ``desktop publishing'' -- you embed excruciatingly¨
complex typesetting codes into your documents, run the \TeX¨
program on it, then run the printer or previewer over the result.¨
(I am used to this sort of process, and I hate Apple.) \TeX is¨
``public domain'' like ``Mary Had A Little Lamb'' but it's so¨
huge and complex you generally buy someone's version. Masters are¨
printed on a \$300 24-wire dot-matrix printer (NEC P2200) (use¨
NEC ribbons only!) onto 60 lb. matte coated paper, as you see it,¨
no column pasting/balancing, with spaces reserved for gluing in¨
graphics. It's probably safe to say that HOMOCORE is the only¨
``zine'' using \TeX (for what that's worth). It is incredibly¨
superior at cramming text into tight spaces. (\TeX perts would¨
cringe at what I do with it!)

Photos are not ``screened''; using the ``Fine Photo'' setting¨
(under a little trap door) on new Canon Laser Copiers you can do¨
reductions/enlargements/80 line screens in one step, of whatever¨
you can cram on the glass, even color photos. Fuck traditional¨
processes! Plus regular copying/reduction cleans news clippings,¨
line drawings, etc so they're solid black \& white, then cut and¨
gluesticked in place. For example, the cover was a 4 $\times$ 5¨
black and white; enlarged about 110\%, trimmed (razor blade,¨
plastic ruler, smooth piece of masonite), glued to a piece of¨
paper and run through the printer to put on ``HOMOCORE'' and the¨
stuff at the bottom. Cost: 25\cents!