On 3 Apr 2007, at 14:46, Malcolm Cadman wrote: >> >>> Yes, it is one of those Digital Precision "hard on the eyes" >>> productions >>> .... :-) >> >> I think you probably mean "one of those Digital Precision 'hard to >> photocopy' productions" - Freddy was very very good at protecting his >> interests. All his manuals were on coloured paper that was, at least >> back then, very difficult to photo copy. I'm told, because I never >> actually tried, that they (a) come out all black with black text and >> (b) use up all your [employer's] toner ! > > Indeed ... :-) ... having a coloured background gives a lower contrast > ratio with the black for the text. > > The "protection theory" also made them hard to read. The only one > that > was restful was black on a yellow ground.
Turbo Toolkit's manual was black ink on green paper. This is quite readable, which is lucky because I refer to it frequently. George _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
