THIS IS ONLY A TEST. (strange little technical noises here) THIS HAS BEEN A TEST OF THE FORMATTING SYSTEM. IF THIS HAD BEEN AN ACTUAL POST YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN LAUGHING BY NOW. (IS IT EASIER TO READ ON THIS BACKGROUND? YOUR OPINION IS IMPORTANT TO US.)
Oh man, what a nostalgia hit with that graphic! What is with the Indian chief anyway??
ReplyDeleteYes, it's much easier on the eyes. Thank you.
I quote, from the Wikipedia article on the Indian Head test pattern: "The graphic of the Indian and all of the patterns on the chart served specific purposes. With the chart many typical daily (sometimes hourly) adjustments on cameras, home, and studio monitors could be made. An experienced broadcast engineer could glance at the drawing of the Indian Chief and quickly know if everything was OK or if more careful adjustment was needed. Within the chart the tools necessary to adjust perspective, framing, linearity, frequency response, differential gain, contrast and white level (brightness) are all provided. The grid and circles were used for perspective, framing and linearity. The tapered lines (marked with 20, 25, 30, and 35) were used for resolution and frequency response. The thin lines marked from 575 to 325 on one side and 300 to 50 on the other side referred to lines of resolution. The gray bands emerging from the center off to the lower right and upper left were for differential gain, contrast, and white level."
ReplyDeleteI must check with my own experienced broadcast engineer, who entered the field long after the test pattern had become obsolete, but I suspect all this is accomplished digitally now.
My dad was fascinated by that pattern. He would look at it, declare it was wrong, and start fiddling with the buttons on our set or tske all the tubes out for testing. And don't mention the H-hold and V-hold dials. Once the picture rolled, it rolled ad infinitum.
ReplyDeleteAs far as your question, I can't make up my mind. Does that help?
Only kidding. I like the background for easier reading.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's way more information than I needed! ;o) Yah, I imagine it's all digital today.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the readability: the black text on the blue-gray background is very easy to read. However, my feeling is also that it looks a bit jarring against the wood-tone background. (You could do custom colors for one of the non-image-based backgrounds? The Blogspot settings are easy to configure in other ways if you are so inclined.)
ReplyDeleteWell, bless ya Holly, but I find the whole configuration thing very UNeasy myself. I wish you were next door, and we could sit down and work on it together.
ReplyDeleteFlashback!
ReplyDeleteHa! Every time I do a test of the formatting system everything blows up. If you clicked on my site, shrapnel would come through your screen. You're so brave.
ReplyDeleteWorks for me BUT (there is always a but) being of middling years and insufficient eyesight, I would be very happy if the font could be made just a bit bigger. Please don't shoot me, I'm wearing glasses.
ReplyDelete@Tiffin Shoot you?? I can't even see you! (CTRL + on your keyboard will make the whole thing bigger. Many thanks to our buddy Charlie for pointing that out long ago.)
ReplyDelete@Murr Mmmm...not SO brave. I did the experimenting at work, just in case there was a catastrophic eruption. That way it wouldn't be my money being shelled out to replace shattered screens and such.
Bless you for "Ctrl +". Also for visiting my blog and commenting.
ReplyDeleteI have limited vision and always wish for a way to boost the type size. It works!