<Silly> RE: Help with question about web page access

>> -----Original Message----- >> From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org >> [mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of der Mouse >> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:44 PM >> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts >> Subject: Re: <Silly> RE: Help with question about web page access >> >> >> (It's also why I loathe black-on-white for computer >> displays - I find >> >> it fine for reflective technologies, such as ink on >> paper, but horrid >> >> for self-luminant technologies, such as all computer >> displays I've >> >> seen.) >> > With respect to CRT (and all other self luminant >> displays) I find that >> > the contrast issue really depends on the pixel size. When I am >> > running 2048x1536 here. A black backround with white >> text is horrid >> > [assuming a 1-3 pixel stroke width for text] Black on >> white is great. >> >> I've never seen a CRT running 2048x1536. But I've seen >> 1600x1280, and based on that, I suspect that your problem >> is that you're pushing the monitor beyond what it can >> actually do - and under those circumstances, thin vertical >> strokes tend to get lost, which does damage W-on-B worse >> than it does B-on-W. >> >> I had a monochrome monitor (= no shadow mask, and therefore >> dot pitch limited only by intensity control electronics >> bandwidth) that was great at 1600x1280, but unfortunately >> it dimmed into unusability. I've yet to see a colour >> screen that was any good at that sort of resolution - I'm >> told they exist but are expensive. (I'd be willing to >> believe that a good 2048x1536 screen could exist, but I'd >> expect it to be _very_ >> expen$ive....) >> >> A single-pixel vertical line and a single-pixel horizontal >> line should appear about equal brightness, white-on-black. >> If one appears visibly dimmer than the other, then >> something is being pushed beyond what it can really do, and >> you will have legibility problems - but the real problem is >> pushing the hardware; using white-on-black just makes it >> somewhat more visible. >> >> /~\ The ASCII der Mouse >> \ / Ribbon Campaign >> X Against HTML mouse(a)rodents.montreal.qc.ca >> / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B