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Date:      Sun, 7 Sep 2008 01:19:00 +0200
From:      cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws>
To:        FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: which gray is best for print?
Message-ID:  <20080906231900.GA4326@phenom.cordula.ws>
In-Reply-To: <48C282E5.7050509@lcwords.com>
References:  <20080903231439.GA98955@thought.org> <4D0FA23F-22AB-4003-BA69-5465A464168E@identry.com> <48C282E5.7050509@lcwords.com>

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On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 03:17:25PM +0200, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> >>> To prevent boredom, two shades of deep gray or blue-gray would be besy.
> > 
> > I may be wrong, but no one ever read a long block of text because of the 
> > color of the font. A better way to prevent boredom is to write 
> > interesting text!
> 
> And do not make the mistake of putting your long block of interesting 
> text on the web! Very few people (if any) will be reading it. You can 
> read a book like that but not a web content. Break down your text into 
> manageble chunks (two, three paragrahs at most) and link them 
> appropriately.

But do also provide a 1-page version with a sensible print medium CSS
(or even a nicely formatted PDF), so that users can create a hard copy
version with a minimun of fuss and clicks.

-cpghost.

-- 
Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/



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