Re: getting drowned... in my paper world :-(
Jay Lemke (JLLBC who-is-at CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU)
Thu, 19 Oct 95 23:05:24 EDT
Eye-strain. Until this year I usually read things on an old
monochrome AMBER (gold on black) monitor screen and had no
trouble reading for long periods. I never understood other
people's (like MikeC's) complaints about this until I got
a new fancy color monitor system with Windows, etc. I hate
the way default documents look. It's disgraceful! Reading
black on white seems difficult unless there is enough
contrast and the background is not too bright. I am still
learning the tricks of this. If your system or program or
wordprocessor will do it, try: making the background light
grey or turning down the brightness on the monitor and
increasing the contrast; make all text in _bold_, and
increase the size of the presentation font from the
usual 10pt to 12pt or 14pt; use a good font, ARIAL works
for me (modern, sans serif), but research studies say
that serif fonts are easier to read -- maybe on paper,
but I don't think I agree for screen reading. One can
also try color combinations. Right now I am reading 12 pt
Arial in my on-line program, in off-white (towards grey)
print on a deep blue screen. It's pretty good, except maybe
the print is still a little too bright.
I am only posting this to the list because I know so
many people with this problem (now including me) and it
is so basic to our communication (and the lives of our
arboreal eco-partners!). JAY.
JAY LEMKE.
City University of New York.
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