Refreshing look to AP

[Grierson]

Nice to see the changes that have been made to our favourate magazine (and here it comes), but, can I make a plea for the a reduction in the 'white on black' text which seems to have increased significantly in the latest issue. When reading the mag., in strong natural light, reflection has always been a problem because of the (good) quality of the paper used. Trying to read white text with light refected from the background is a pain. OK I know that it could be read indoors away from a window or in a shady room but hey, a little less white text would help a lot. - John

[Malcolm_Stewart]

I haven't bought my copy yet, but surely the use of lots of black ink MUST be bad for the environment?

[huwevans]

Trying to read white text with light refected from the background is a pain.

Looking at the letters pages (usual black text on white background) right next to the Backchat piece (white text on black), somewhat to my surprise I actually found the latter significantly easier to read than the former.

I can't account for that - it's the opposite of what I would generally expect, and certainly to my experience with reading text on a VDU, but there it is.


OTOH, I did find the light grey text on dark grey background in one of the panels in the A850/D3X comparison test rather difficult - I needed a mgnifying glass as well as the reading glasses for that one.


Otherwise, a general thumbs-up from me. I liked the overall clarity of the layout - a definite improvement. Thanks to all concerned.