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Giving a Poster/Paper

Kylie.Shanahan at ffp.csiro.au Kylie.Shanahan at ffp.csiro.au
Thu Oct 23 20:38:27 EST 1997


In article <199710231840.NAA21253 at mail.utexas.edu>,
   linden at MAIL.UTEXAS.EDU (linden higgins) wrote:
<snip>

> Actually, the artists in our dept. say that white on very dark grounds is
>difficult to read - light, passing through a white "hole", spreads.
>Therefore, unless the lettering is _exactly_ the correct size and
>thickness, the letters may be quite difficult to read.

I was told that white or light backgrounds were not as good because any dirt 
on the slide was there for all to see, whereas dark backgrounds hide the dust 
and smudges better.

Cheers,

Kylie.


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"I'm sure John Howard thinks of the stolen generation
as those cricket tests that Bradman would have played
 in had the war not got in the road"
with many thanks to Russell Kelly for the quote.
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