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The RCA Indian-head test pattern (PD)

This is a test ...

So over the past week we, that is JB and I, presented you with a couple of old Lex posts. The story of Lazlo to be precise, in two parts.

I went out to the Wayback Machine and found both of the posts in their original format, still in the original packaging, as it were. So I presented them in that fashion. (Said packaging being admired, if not outright loved, by a number of you Chanters.)

Oddly enough, our own boron pronounced the "new format" to be a wondrous thing, easy on the eyes and all that. He could read it while sitting back in his chair and not have to press his nose to the glass, as it were.

Um, what?

To mine own aging eyes the only difference I could discern was that the letters were blue (well, technically Navy Blue, according to my grasp of the html, wherein "color: #000099;" - RGB: 0,0, 153 if you will, and I do - is listed as blue navy blue, of course it is and well done Lex, ya did that intentionally, dintcha?).

So as an experiment, I used the font color of blue, Navy blue for today's post. Same font type as I always use (it's sort of Georgia, I like it, think it's peachy, yes, a bad pun, but I do like the font, better than Times New Roman, which if pressed I would list as my second favorite, but it's really a "font-family" which is: Georgia, Verdana, Arial, serif, all combined, it looks a little different from Georgia, though not much), just the color has changed.

So boron, what say you? (If the rest of you have opinions as to font color, have at it.)

Or perhaps it was the comment style which eased the strain on your eyes? (Now I haven't figured that html out yet, not that I can't, I just haven't really looked at it yet. Now, no help from the audience please, I'll get to it shortly.)

Here's how the comments at Neptunus Lex looked back in 2005:

1. MCPO Airdale Says:
   December 15th, 2005 at 3:52 pm

   Lazlo was creamed chipped beef on toast! Serves him right for hangin with an enlisted honey!

   BTW: Nobody could bribe the QM on duty to tell the story???

Not sure I could reproduce that throughout the blog. Though apparently I can by changing the background color and setting the alignment to "justify." Obviously the font is also different in the comments ...

After playing with the font "family," I guess I can reproduce this Lex comment style throughout a post. Not sure if I should though. With great power comes great responsibility, or something ...

Not sure if it's worth the effort. But we'll see. (By the way, this is the normal font format and color. This is the one that I, your beloved humble scribe, prefer. And will probably stick with, because it's easy. And I am, as always, lazy.)

I breathlessly await your comments.