From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 6 23:18:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E66B1065677 for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2008 23:18:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A35D78FC1D for ; Sat, 6 Sep 2008 23:18:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from phenom.cordula.ws (phenom [192.168.254.60]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72C122F293; Sun, 7 Sep 2008 01:18:43 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 01:19:00 +0200 From: cpghost To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20080906231900.GA4326@phenom.cordula.ws> References: <20080903231439.GA98955@thought.org> <4D0FA23F-22AB-4003-BA69-5465A464168E@identry.com> <48C282E5.7050509@lcwords.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48C282E5.7050509@lcwords.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Subject: Re: which gray is best for print? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:18:47 -0000 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/