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Subject:Re: The Ten Commandments of HTML From:Laura Bean Warner <laura -dot- bean -at- DELTEC -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 12 Jun 1997 14:33:58 -0500
Maybe good for visibility on the screen, but if I'm looking for dense
information, I like to print it out. On my laser printer, the black
background is not printed, so I'm sent looking for my magic pen to make
the invisible print appear!
Laura
(laura -dot- bean -at- deltec -dot- com)
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>From: E,T, Hull
>Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 1997 2:42 PM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Re: The Ten Commandments of HTML
>
>
>> > (Dave Meek) writes:
>> > << Thou shalt not useth background and text colors that leadeth the
>color
>> > blind
>> > as if into darkness.
>> > >>
>> > Excellent consideration. Those colors are ?
>>
>> Black or brown backgrounds are bad; so are nubbly patterns. Type color
>> too similar to background disappears. Light type colors are usually
>> bad.
>
>
>Black background is very good IF the text is white or yellow.
>
>Ed Hull
>
>
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