Fonds
English translation: background colors / black content
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| na | For the creation of areas, fonts and scripts we recommend a range of colours with black portion and |
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| na | Background colours |
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| na | background colors / black content |
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| na | Fond in art is background; this is no typo. Yes, background |
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For the creation of areas, fonts and scripts we recommend a range of colours with black portion and Explanation: font colours. (sorry that bit didn't fit in the top). That sounds right for the translation of the above text. 'With black in them' sounds a bit too simple, if you use with black portion or proportion it sounds better. I hope this helps, |
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Background colours Explanation: Depends on whether it is American or UK English obviously Fonds - definitely background and not fonts ...empfehlen wir eine Palette von Farben mit Schwarzanteil - "we recommend including the colour black in your palette." (difficult to say if it is too simplified without seeing the entire text). native English speaker - experience with graphical software. |
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background colors / black content Explanation: Fonds is definitely background, not fonts. For Schwarzanteil, Ernst lists Schwarzanteil (Farben) / black content That sounded strange to my ear, but a search bears him out. The first site in particular might be helpful. Complements + Here is the same slide with the body type in black. It's a little easier on the eyes, but notice how the orange type leaps out at you and the body type recedes. The orange headings seem to hang in mid-air, overwhelming the black content. www.lrc.arizona.edu/facdev/Technology/vizdes.htm So for now, the uncoated paper Colorfinder can serve as a close-enough standard, against which, said Abramson, newspapers can adjust their expectations and/or the black content as necessary to best match the color. www.trumatch.com/articles/t-edpub.htm Thus, fine details will be enhanced; distortions caused by transmitting images will be reduced; pure black content will be corrected; and perceived light on projected video images will be adjusted on products that utilize NUWAVE technology www.nuwav.com/press_releases_1998.html HTH! |
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9 hrs
Fond in art is background; this is no typo. Yes, background Explanation: colours. Cf. Collins, 4th Ed. |
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