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From: njd@ihlpm.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: OMNIVIEW character set
Message-ID: <1078@ihlpm.ATT.COM>
Date: Wed, 15-Apr-87 18:19:23 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 15 18:19:23 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 18-Apr-87 01:29:58 EST
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Summary: I differ that OMNIVIEW always looks better with dark letters on a light background.

In article <8704150210.AA21650@mitre-bedford.ARPA>, jhs@mitre-bedford.ARPA writes:
> I reiterate that OMNIVIEW looks best in dark letters on light background.
> It appears to me that in this mode, the eye "fools" the brain into seeing the
> letters as having a rounded shape, seen in silhouette against the bright scan
> lines of the raster....
> 
> -John Sangster / jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa

Dark letters on a light background may look better to you, John, but I don't
agree that the display is ALWAYS better that way.  In fact, in my case, I
tend to go "blind" and/or get a headache when looking at an inverse video
display like that.  I have my copies of OmniTerm and OmniWriter set up to
display light characters on a dark green background (how dark depends on
the brightness setting on the monitor).  Also, OMNIVIEW from DOS or BASIC
is easier for me to read after I use the <SELECT>, <some-char> background-
color toggle to switch to light-on-dark.  

You may have something there about the brain perceiving the characters as
being more rounded than they are, even more so in the dark-on-light mode.
I just can't use the latter.

BTW, have you had any trouble changing the text color in OmniCom?  I was able
to play with the background color, but the text insists on being white (tho
last time it was light green).

Nick DiMasi  ...!ihnp4!ihlpm!njd