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On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 03:54:18 -0500, Armadillo wrote
(in article <op.udlu0sj429ay2f@lapdillo.pp.htv.fi>):

>> It seems that literally every DVD case has a fair amount of text, especially
>> that which lists producers, directors, and actors, in a very fine stroke 
>> tall
>> and narrow font that is virtually unreadable. It is though they don't want
>> you to read that text. I'm curious as to why this is so. Perhaps someone who
>> knows can explain!
> 
> It has become the 'official' credits typeface. I think this started in movie 
> posters but in a big poster one could read the text easily at close range. 
> But you can't close enough to DVD case.
> 
> So if you see that kind of text you'll know immediately it has credits 
> information. So in this case it is probably more important to look right than 

> to be legible.
> 
> It is a common mistake to use condensed typeface to save space because very 
> often regular type in even smaller size is way more legible. Condensed 
> typefaces are at best in bigger sizes like headlines consisting only a few 
> words.
> 
> ****
> 
> In legal text like in software licenses part of the text is usually in 
> capital letters. With poor spacing and tight line space it is really hard to 
> read. It well may be that the purpose is to emphasize important parts of the 
> text but it seems that it works in other ways too.
> 
> Jukka

There are times when I think the list of credits is deliberately presented in 
a "we don't want you to actually read it" face. The same information can be 
displayed in the same space with a readable font. I'm wondering if there is 
something to do here with a "my credit has to be so tall" contract.

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