Re: Did SF predict the Internet?

Mike Schilling wrote:

You'd need a very bright reading lamp, and highly reflective paper. Unlike a monitor, paper doesn't generate its own light.

But one of the variables of concern in print is how glossy your paper is. A high gloss paper will be very reflective - I'm sure we've all had that experience, where a page is unreadable at certain orientations to the light source due to reflection.

That's generally separable from issues of contrast, i.e., one shouldn't simply dismiss the legibility studies I cited without more evidence.
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