Disc numbers

First the good news: I like the magazine (I’ve been taking it since about LXF18), so keep up the good work! I have one small little issue: I like to file the cover DVDs (I have a storage box for 5.25-inch floppies which is wellsuited to this), and I’ve noticed that from LXF193 onwards that have you put the issue number on the DVD but not on the cardboard envelope for the DVD. This has meant that if I want to see the issue number that an LXFDVD relates to I have to take it out of the envelope. I’ve resorted to writing the issue number on the back of the cardboard envelope, but it would be good if you could go back to printing it on the front, as you used to with magazine issues up to LXF192. Ian Park, Berkshire Neil says: I’m sure that you’ve noticed but the disc number has always been printed on the back of the disc sleeve as part of the DVD brand mark. It’s there so we can quiz people as to the disc they have, if it’s been separated from the magazine. Putting that aside, the dropping of the number from the front of the DVD wallet was part of a design shift, because it allowed us to have a more flexible canvas to work with.

It seems the position and style of the number has varied over time with the whims of Effy’s art muse at any given time in his extensive LXF career, but losing the bottom bar that rather uselessly suggested you open the index.html file lost this fixed area for the issue number. While in general we’re happier to modify the design depending on what’s on the disc each month. So unfortunately I can’t see that the disc number is likely to be coming back to the front anytime soon.

But to be clear, our revised disc design pushed off the front-facing disc numbers, but there’s still one on the back, if that helps.