{"id":478,"date":"2014-03-26T14:41:23","date_gmt":"2014-03-26T03:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deadreal.com.au\/ephemera\/?p=478"},"modified":"2020-11-16T15:06:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T04:06:30","slug":"the-cafe-freesheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deadreal.com.au\/dead_paper\/the-cafe-freesheet\/","title":{"rendered":"The caf\u00e9 freesheet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cafe<\/a><\/p>\n

From broadsheets to Broadsheet<\/i>. See what I did there?<\/p>\n

Last month I wrote about the end of the broadsheets<\/a> as the Sydney Morning Herald<\/i> moved over to a compact version. This month I\u2019m looking at Broadsheet<\/i>, a freebie newspaper which, rather confusingly, is not a broadsheet at all but rather another compact. Even more mysteriously, it bills itself as \u201cSydney\u2019s leading independent online magazine and directory\u201d. So, not a newspaper at all. Its masthead proclaims \u201cAlways online \u2013 sometimes in print\u201d which sounds a bit apathetic to me but, hey, it\u2019s free. I\u2019m not inspecting its mouth too closely.<\/p>\n

This particular version is printed on paper. I found it at a local caf\u00e9, which is appropriate given that\u2019s what it seems to be about. Caf\u00e9s. (…and fashion, music, art, food, design\u2026 look, I\u2019m wandering off topic here). Where was I? Oh yes. Caf\u00e9s. Cool caf\u00e9s. But obviously not too cool because they also include a picture of a caf\u00e9 where I have actually drunk coffee<\/i>. How uncool is that.<\/p>\n

\"Cafe<\/a>
Cool – Broadsheet cafe spread<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s 28 pages cover to cover with a smattering of booze and design ads. It doesn\u2019t say who printed it, which just as well because my copy was poor by modern standards \u2013 tinting, rub-off, creasing, misaligned pages and a cut-off that looks like it was done with a butter knife. All the things that give coldset web printing such a bad name. Or at least it used to\u2026 No wonder it\u2019s only \u2018sometimes\u2019 in print.<\/p>\n

Having said that, it looks good. And I actually read it right through and discovered a couple of new places for coffee and burgers, places where I may actually go and lower the tone. Nothing stays cool for long when I\u2019m around.<\/p>\n

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