The Bleeding Edge has a cartographic (or printing) origin

Dave Monroe against.the.dave at gmail.com
Wed Jun 10 13:05:34 CDT 2015


Off the page, "outside-the-text" (though a swell all know, "il n'y a
pas de hors-texte" [J. Derrida]).

This is why I look (most) everything up (cf. C. Hollander) ...



On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Tyler Wilson <tbsqrd at hotmail.com> wrote:
> So, [ just ] one way to interpret the title, "Bleeding Edge" is:
>
> "Off the Map" / "Off the Grid" as in a vector directing you there, originating on the map ( in the center? ).
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> In addition to, of course, other relevant meanings of the phrase . . .
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>> On Jun 10, 2015, at 10:39 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> fond perdu /fɔ̃ pɛʁ.dy/ masculin
>>
>> (Imprimerie) Marge d’une planche dans laquelle l’imprimeur peut
>> inscrire des informations qui ne seront plus sur le produit après sa
>> coupe.
>>
>> Le fond perdu représente l'espace situé à l'extérieur de la page, dans
>> lequel nous allons faire dépasser les couleurs et photos qui doivent
>> aller jusqu'au bord du papier dans la version finale.
>>
>> http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/fond_perdu
>>
>> Bleed - An element (colour, image, type) that extends to and off the
>> edge of a printed page.
>>
>> http://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/fond+perdu.html
>>
>> Fonds perdus
>> Thomas Pynchon
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>> http://www.seuil.com/livre-9782021140170.htm
>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Don Higgins <bencanard2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Bleed n. The edge of a map or chart on which cartographic detail is extended to the edge of the sheet. Also called BLEEDING EDGE. bleeding edge. . See BLEED.
>>>
>>> Hope it takes place in the 1860s and is long.
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