Definition: FLOORMAN

Definition: FLOORMAN

An American Sign Language definition is provided by Tom Zarembka.

FLOORMAN: a printer who worked on laying out the text and images for newspaper pages.

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Drs. John S. and Betty J. Schuchman Deaf Documentary Center Collection

2019

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The video begins with a title slide featuring a line drawing of a figure depicting the handshapes F-L-O-O-R-M-A-N for the vocabulary term, floorman. Next in a video recording, Tom Zarembka, a white older man, defines the term in American Sign Language. He stands in front of a blue screen in a film studio.

The word “Floorman” meant someone who worked on making up the variety of ads. The sign for that was FLOORMAN, which demonstrated how they made-up pages, locked them in place, and then sent them on for printing. That’s about it!

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