Only one thing to add or ponder in your article. I once asked Chuck
Vaughn why he recommended using stars at a Dec of +20 deg. Here's how he
responded:
Thanks again for the article. As I recollect, you decided using an STV
wasn't really an improvement.
I haven't gotten out since July due to work and family commitments,
so haven't experimented with that technique.
:^{
Hmmm
Could it be a monitor issue? To me it looks very legible.
Anyone else have
a problem?
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bert Katzung" <katzung1@comcast.net>
To: <MalcS@blinkinc.com>; "Discussion of Film Astrophotography"
<astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Text color. Was: Polar Drift Alignment Article
> Hi Malcolm:
> I think it's you <VBG>. Actually, I recall an analysis done decades
ago by
> Kodak or someone who wanted to find the best (most legible) format
for
> slides with text. (This was long before PowerPoint.) The conclusion
was
that
> light text on a dark background was more legible than the reverse.
Of
> course, that was for reading slides in a darkened lecture room. I
can
recall
> doing text editing in the DOS days and I found that white text on
a blue
> background was easiest on my eyes.
> But I agree 100% that dark text of any color on a black background
is
awful!
> Bert
>
> Bert Katzung
> katzung1@comcast.net
> www.astronomy-images.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Malcolm Shedden" <MalcS@Blinkinc.com>
> To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 11:52 AM
> Subject: RE: [APML] Polar Drift Alignment Article
>
>
> > Is it just me, or is white text on a black background very
> > difficult to read? (Not as bad as blue text on a black
> > background though, which some web publishers seem to favor
> > for some reason that is beyond me!)
> >
> > I find myself having to highlight the text with the mouse
> > cursor which inverts it in order to read it easily.
> >
> > Malcolm.
>
>
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