Made this to be an LJ icon, but if I shrink it to 100 pixels square, the text is too small to read:

I don't want to change the text because that's an actual newspaper story; a slightly letter setting than the picture, but I imagine telegraph operators had been chatting between official messages for a few decades before the rest of the world noticed.

I don't want to change the text because that's an actual newspaper story; a slightly letter setting than the picture, but I imagine telegraph operators had been chatting between official messages for a few decades before the rest of the world noticed.
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Date: 2011-09-19 02:03 pm (UTC)From:How about an icon with text-speak on that great picture?
25 brix, dude, WTF??
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Date: 2011-09-19 02:09 pm (UTC)From:Have to write some more scenes with him and Merrick.
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Date: 2011-09-19 06:16 pm (UTC)From:Awesome!
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Date: 2011-09-21 03:37 am (UTC)From:Which, I wish Merrick wasn't so Jeffry Jones-ish. He needs to quit getting arrested--every time he is, another, MORE unflattering mug shot gets posted online.
I still <3 Merrick, the character, though. Not as much as Blazanov, but...yeah.
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Date: 2011-09-23 02:48 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-09-19 02:31 pm (UTC)From:It's a fascinating thing....same with Ham radio and CB radio and missives in books in libraries...we must communicate...
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Date: 2011-09-20 02:02 am (UTC)From:And briefly! Come to think of it, Bertie Wooster spoke in some great abbreviations in Wodehouse's stories.
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Date: 2011-09-19 08:45 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-09-20 02:00 am (UTC)From:I'm a bit dubious, though, because wars had been breaking out for centuries without the help of telegraph, and also in hindsight it looks like many Europeans in the early 20th century were spoiling for a fight, though I've never been sure why.